St. Louis

We have found that RV Parks associated with casinos are usually very nice…and this is no exception. We are staying at the Casino Queen RV Park which is located directly across the river from downtown St. Louis. From our coach we have a wonderful view of the downtown skyline and the famous St. Louis Arch. We visited the Arch and the beautiful park in which it is located shortly after we arrived. First of all…I don’t know what we expected, but what we found was certainly much bigger than we had imagined. The Arch is huge!! It is 630 feet tall…that’s 63 stories…making for one big hummer Arch! The rather large park that surrounds it is also very nice. I have included a typical view of the park in the attached pictures. Just a couple of blocks from The Arch is Busch Stadium, the home of the baseball Cardinals. I was not aware of the several statues out front honoring some of the great Cardinal players, which is a rather nice touch. I am not sure where the fans park when they come to games as the stadium is right in the middle of downtown St. Louis…but, I guess after all of these years they have it figured out. On the second day we visited Forest Park, which is a very large (larger than Central Park in New York) and very lovely park. It contains, among other things, a cricket field, tennis courts, golf course, history museum, art museum, science center and the St. Louis Zoo, which was our destination. This has to be one of the primo zoos in all of the US. I was very impressed with the design and layout, which bore a striking resemblance to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. I would guess that Disney paid a visit here when they were in the design stages for the park. For anyone who visits St. Louis after you see the Arch do not miss the zoo…it is well worth the visit. We also found that driving in downtown St. Louis was reminiscent of driving in Dallas…not nearly as much traffic as you would think there would be. I think downtown Bowling Green was more congested than St. Louis. We have enjoyed two great days here (including dinner at the Casino Queen Buffet restaurant) and will be off to Kansas City next.