Road Trip - Day Two

Yesterday we visited the St. Louis Arch. I took a number of pictures as it was a clear sunny day. There was hardly anyone there so we lucked out and had easy access to the exhibits. We saw a movie on how the arch was constructed. It is quite an engineering marvel. Then, we got into a very small enclosed tram car and took a 4 minute ride to the top observation area. It was very beautiful looking out on the Mississippi on one side and the city on the other side of the arch. The ride back down is faster only taking 3 minutes. We then watched a movie on the Lewis and Clark exhibition which was very interesting. St. Louis, and the site of the arch, was the starting point for Lewis and Clark on their journey to explore the West. We then toured a museum which was filled with artifacts and information from the early settlers. Later we visited the Old Courthouse where a famous trial on Dred Scott was held. He was a slave who sued for his freedom. We then drove 5 hours to Tulsa where we are spent the night. We leave this morning for Oklahoma City to visit the memorial there. However, we just found out that there was a major water leak at the memorial and it is closed until February 1st. So, we will only be able to visit the outside park. We then plan on driving to Dallas later in the afternoon.

Here is a link to pictures taken:
http://picasaweb.google.com/tschick62/CaliforniaOrBust?authkey=Pg_o4dGalRM&feat=directlink

More later . . .