SharivilleLife stories from Shari

Today I finally fulfulled a  long time longed for destination.  The St
Louis Arch.  What an amazing monument. It’s 630 feet high, with a ride
to the top, in an itty bitty little closed in car, well those who know
me might guess that I didn’t ride it up. I did take a picture of the
little carriage they use to transport people to the top, not me.  It
was a hazy day out so I tell myself I wouldn’t have gotten a great
view.  Claustraphobia can be a setback.

To me, an earnest history buff, it’s always represented the jumping
off point to the Westward expansion of our nation.  Louis and Clark
started their expedition here in St Louis and finished their travels
in Oregon along the Columbia River.  Now I have visited, the alpha and
omega, the beginning and the end of their journey, with some other
areas along the way.  These men have always been my heros.  Louis and
Clark and the 30 some men and one woman, on the expedition, had to
have been the bravest souls ever.  Beneath the Arch, underground, is
the Museum of Westward Expansion.