We had another long drive ahead of us today. About 5 hours, but really 6 since we returned to Eastern Standard Time and lost an hour. Before we said goodbye to St. Louis, we had to make a stop at the Gateway Arch!
From the parking lot we could see the Edward Jones Dome, where the St. Louis Rams play!
Some pictures from the parking lot and park leading up to the Arch.
From a distance this National Monument is impressive, but up close it was incredible! What a way to welcome people to the west!
At 630 feet, it is the tallest man-made monument in the United States, Missouri's tallest accessible building, and the largest architectural structure designed as a weighted or flattened catenary arch. <--Wikipedia
We didn't go to the top since we would have had to go through security check points and were on a time constraint! So we jumped in to the Prius and headed east on I-70 toward Cincinnati!
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| Gateway Arch and Prius |
After 3000+ miles and 10+ days, we encountered our first real traffic. I-70/I-55 is a 4 lane interstate, 2 lanes each way. The left lanes were blocked off on each side for "construction." We came to a screeching halt and had stop and go for about 5 miles. It took about 40 minutes though! The real kicker is there was no activity! No trucks, no police, no big machines! Just orange cones blocking off the lanes... Annoying. Luckily NJ has prepared us well for these scenarios and the audio books from Aunt Cathy make the time pass effortlessly.
We had to drive back towards Indianapolis then head south-east on I-74 toward Cincinnati!
The hotel we are staying at for the evening is actually in Newport Kentucky!
Newport is directly directly south of Cincinnati across the Ohio River.
Our hotel is right on the river and there is a bus stop AKA the T.A.N.K (Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky) that provides Reds game day transportation to Great American BallPark.
On to the game!
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