August 7 - 11 - We continued our journey in Nebraska and stayed at Camp-A-Way RV Park in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was here that were that we all had buffalo for dinner quite an accomplishment for my picky eaters. Les had a flat tire on his bicycle so he rode a girls bike until we could get to Walmart for a new tube and repair. I think some of his co-workers might have fun with that little trivia. We then headed into Missouri via Iowa for 2 nights at Basswood RV Resort. Then it was off to St. Louis to see the Arch. We stayed at the Queens Casino RV Park across the river from the Arch in Illinois. We decided to skip the MetroLink and rent a car for a couple of days to make it easier to get about for Shirley. Monday night Lady Luck shined on Pat at the casino. Dinner was at the Outback we were all craving. Tuesday we all were up early and headed out to the world famous (okay maybe not world) St. Louis Zoo. Admission was free although parking was $11 it was still a great bargain. We had a grand time and the weather wasn’t too hot so we all enjoyed ourselves. Les got quite a workout pushing the wheelchair uphill most of the day but the Zoo was quite nice. After lunch we decided to go directly to the Arch. Again a really uphill push for Les and I must say that this particular National Park Exhibit was not wheelchair friendly and we were disappointed that Shirley would not be able to actually travel to the top of the arch with us as there was no access and 96 steps. She people watched while Les and I went up into the Arch, a little scary for someone not fond of heights. When you get your ticket they ask you specifically if you are claustrophobic and/or afraid of heights. Oh come on, who isn’t afraid of a height of 630 vertical feet and do you really want to spent 5 minutes in the tram we have shown? It holds 5 people and takes a little over 4 minutes to get to the top. We spent all of about 5 minutes peering out the windows at the top, snapping a few photos and boom, back in line to take the tram back down. Off to the casino to try our luck again tonight. Even Leslie is going to break out the $20 bill!
What is Shirley standing in front of?
ReplyDeleteshe is standing in front of the "tram" that 5 people get into and it's like a ferris wheel and takes you up to the arch top inside the arch...it's scary - can you imagine 5 people INSIDE that thing....4-5 minute ride up in that and same back down....Pat
ReplyDeletePS...if you double click the photo itself it will get larger and you can see the pulley thing on the top and if you look real closely behind Shirley you can see one of the seats...there are 2 more on each side....
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you could go diving in that thing! Really tight! ;)
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