
What a great day at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri. My 2nd urban National Park this month. I started the morning with a riverboat tour on the Mississippi river.



Then I watched “Monument to the Dream” documenting the construction of the Gateway Arch from design to fabrication. – WOW!! As a retired project manager, I held my breath through most of the film. It was quite a spectacular feat of engineering almost 60 years ago! This is a must see documentary, especially for all my project management friends.
I capped off the day with a tram ride to the top of the arch! I met a couple from Livingston, TX that actually live there. Most of us RVers just use Livingston as a mailing address. I went up joined them for the tram ride. It was the coolest thing ever!






Worth Noting: As of February 22nd, 2018, this National Park’s name officially changed to Gateway Arch National Park; previously called the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. The Gateway Arch was built as a memorial to President Thomas Jefferson, who championed the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent Lewis & Clark on their great expedition westward.