Saturday, June 12, 2010

My Trip to the Top of the Arch

On our way to Kansas a week ago, Dave and I stopped in St. Louis to take a trip to the top of the arch. I had never been to St. Louis (or Missouri for that matter) and Dave hadn't been to the arch since he was a child, so we thought it would be fun. It's starting to seem a little weird (or funny) that everywhere we travel we like to go vertical. In Italy we went to the top of every single church and bell tower we saw. In Switzerland we went to the top of the mountains. In NYC, we went to the top of the Empire State Building. Etc., etc., etc.

Anyway, here's some pictures of our trip...

Posing outside the arch before going inside.


The ticket to open the door for the ride to the top.


The door to the "pod."


Inside the pod.


Dave and I right before our journey to the top.


Needless to say, I did not enjoy the ride.


We made it to the top!!!


It's pretty scary that you can see the bottom of the structure from the top.


Jumping for joy that I'm back down on the ground.

3 comments:

Megan L. Killian said...

Sweet jumpy picture! All those Trakker photo shoots got you prepped, yeh?

Stephanie Estridge said...

oh you went up it?? ahh we were way too scared! They said it like an egg shaped thing you ride up. You're braver than me!

Big Daddy Diesel said...

I briefly saw it when I was moving from AZ to OH, that picture of seeing the bottom does not look like fun, I dont well with heights