Departing to St Louis

Today was a travel day, where I move back East into the Central Time zone, so I've now been in all 4 mainland USA timezones, if you count the couple of hours I spent on the ground in Denver.

The flight left slightly early and arrived about half an hour early, but I was so tired, that I didn't go to the ballgame tonight (St Louis won 10-0)

I have a digital key at this hotel - my phone unlocks the door when I am close to it and press the button.  I have a high-floor room, with an Arch View.  This is the view from my window at sunset.

After dinner, I returned and took some photos of the Arch all lit up.  With lights.  And the Moon, trying to poke out from the clouds.

The Gateway Arch is really very big - it doesn't look it in pictures, but when you're standing near the base of it, it is extremely big!

Thankfully, it had cooled off by the evening time, as it was quite warm when I landed.

There appears to be a gang of young people riding laps around the downtown area on very noisy motorbikes.  You can hear them a lot of the time.  None of them seem to be wearing any safety clothing, apart from helmets.  Almost they are mostly going around in groups, I just watched one doing a wheelie across the junction with the Eads Bridge, against a red light.


On a more sedate note, I've seen several horse and cart taxis around the place, with decorative carts.

Thankfully, the horses didn't seem to be spooked by the noisy motorcyclists doing wheelies past them at high speed - the coachman looked a lot less impressed.
 
Location: The Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO 63102, USA

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