Missouri and Kentucky

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Our time in the “Gateway City” of St. Louis, Missouri started with lunch and drinks at a restaurant near the Gateway Arch. We traveled to the top of the arch to see the amazing view of St. Louis in Missouri and East St. Louis in Illinois. On our way to Nashville, TN we cut through the southwest corner of Kentucky. We didn’t see many towns, but miles and miles of green as far as the eye could see.

St. Louis, Missouri

Crossing the Mississippi river towards downtown St. Louis
Viewing the Gateway Geyser in East St. Louis from the freeway
Paxton’s first shot…
…of soda
Walking to the Gateway Arch
The old courthouse in the midst of downtown St. Louis across from the Gateway Arch where in 1846 Dred Scott sued for his and his wife’s freedom
A view from the top of the Gateway Arch
The St. Louis Cardinals baseball stadium on the left
Looking across the Mississippi at East St. Louis (in Illinois) from the Gateway Arch
East St. Louis
The Eads bridge opened in 1874 to allow railroads to cross the Mississippi
The Fabulous Fox: restored from the 1920s

On the road through Kentucky

Lush green trees on either side of the freeway were most of what we saw in Kentucky
Tobacco fields?