Month: May 2025

Today we went to the City Museum. The whole family walked down there together. Linda bought admission ahead of time. You get a wristband so you can come and go throughout the day. The City Museum has a lot of things to climb on and through. Some of it is tubes like you typically expect. Other times the tubes are made of metal rods space a couple inches apart. They have a lot of slides there too. Some slides go from one floor down to another floor.

The City Museum is several stories high. They have attractions on the roof top too, even a Ferris wheel. Annabelle and Linda climbed around a lot. Most of the tunnels and places to climb are difficult for a large adult to get through. Often times there is an alternative way to get up using stairs without ducking too much. So that’s how I stuck nearby them.

Outside there are tunnels going from the third story down to the ground. The tunnels lead out to two different airplanes which are connected with a tunnel in between them. They have a castle too. Inside there was a dark area as if you’re going through a cave. They have a very large pencil as well as a large pair of underwear which is a little weird.

We walked home and went to The Fountain on Locus for lunch. Linda and I both had a Cuban sandwich. We also had ice cream sundaes. After lunch we spent a half hour at the World Chess Hall of Fame. The first floor had an art exhibit. One room had black lights above and two tables with chess boards. Annabelle and I played a game of chess. The second story had a variety of different chess boards. The top floor had a kid’s area.

After that I dropped Linda and Annabelle off at the City Museum. I parked the car. Buster ate his dinner and I let him out. Then I walked down to meet Linda and AB. We explored some more of the City Museum. We stuck our hands in a fish tank and the fish ate the dead skin cells off our hands. We also saw axolotls in one of their tanks. Another part of the museum was a skate park. I walked home, showered and drove back to pick them up again at 9 pm close.

We drove into St. Louis yesterday night. We got there and basically went to bed. We’re staying in an AirBNB not far from the City Museum and the Aquarium.

We started our first day with a trip to Grant’s Farm. The first thing we saw were the Clydesdales. Then we took the tram tour. We got to feed baby goats a bottle of milk. We did two bottles between Linda, Annabelle and I. The goats drank the milk pretty quick. After that we hung around and Annabelle brushed the goats for a while. The next attraction was a building full of parakeets. The birds would land on us and some bit us.

Then we ate lunch. I had a brat with German potato salad. I thought it was pretty good for a tourist attraction. Budweiser gives everyone two free beers when they visit. So I had two Michelob Ultra NA beers. After lunch we saw the national historic attraction for Grant’s life. Grant was a general in the civil war. Later he was president. While he owned a slave he had an important role in ending slavery. He did set his slave free.

After Grant’s Farm we drove through the Lone Elk Park. We chose to drive through rather than doing a hike. We did drive everywhere we possibly could. We saw a couple lone whitetail deer. We also saw several elk. A couple times we saw two elk together and another time we saw a big group, probably six or eight of them. A lot of raccoons greet the cars as they drive through. People must be feeding them. There were supposedly bison in the park. Unfortunately we did not see any.

We ate Chinese takeout from Corner 17. Linda actually went to this restaurant when she was in town for a work trip. After dinner we went to see the Cardinals game. We got a picture with the mascot. Annabelle spent time climbing through the play structure in the children’s area. Unfortunately that was the only free kid’s attraction. You could also pay to throw pitches. They had an arcade too, but we didn’t go there to play those games.

The Cardinals won their game which was nice to see. After that, we came home and called it a night.