Saint Louis

 After Quilt Town, Trish and I drove to Saint Louis for the night.  Our hotel was directly across the street from the Arch and the Museum of Westward Expansion and right beside the Dred Scott Court House.

We arrived in the afternoon with just enough time to visit the Arch and the Museum before closing time.  Right now the tram trips to the top are running only on a very limited morning schedule that was over for the day, so, we will wait for that another time.  But, we had a wonderful time in the Museum.  The Museum has been totally redone with a lot of new interpretive features since I was here last.  It now moves through historic eras rather than looking at a general way at westward extension.  You could spend a lot of time here.

Part of the Great Riverboat Era Interpretation.

The old Courthouse where the Dred Scott trial was held is presently closed for refurbishment, so, we could not visit the inside.  

Dred Scott Descriptive Marker.

Pretty soon our hunger and tiredness won out over our desire to learn more new things, so, with a last look at the Arch, we retreated for dinner and a night of rest.