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Home movies: Climbing the arch, etc.
It’s very late, after 10 hours on the road. About 1 a.m. Monday morning after leaving St. Louis about noon central time. We picked up an hour on the way.
We’re in Charleston, W.Va., a city and state where I would like to spend a lot more time.
Alas, we must return quickly. The girls have swim practice at 7 p.m. today, and we would like to get them home for it.
We tried a bit different route coming home. Instead of I-40 through Tennessee to I-24 in Nashville to I-64 in Illinois, we took I-64 all the way here to Charleston.
In the morning, we’ll pick up I-77 to Winston-Salem and then back on I-40 to U.S. 64 and home. This is supposed to save time. I hope to offer a good comparison of the routes in a later posting.
For now, I at least wanted to post a couple videos I made and some more photos.
The first video below captures our ride up one of the five-person tram cars that take visitors to the top of the Gateway Arch. Stairs are visible through the door and my family and I are visible in the window, with my daughter Madison rather prominent.
Visitors in the observation deck atop the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
A view of the city looking north from the top of the Arch. The building second from right was our hotel, the Crown Plaza. The arena is the Edward Jones Dome where the St. Louis Rams play./>
This second video is from the Cardinals-Cubs game later that day, Saturday, July 5. The Cards won in dramatic fashion, coming from behind 4-2 in the ninth inning to win 5-4 thanks to a two-run single by left fielder Rick Ankiel. The video pans from our seats in the right-field bleachers, catches a bit of winning pitcher Kyle McClellan warming up in the dugout, and catches a double by second-baseman Adam Kennedy in the ninth that scored one run and helped set up the two-run hit by Ankiel. Apologies for the poor video. I was drinking beer.
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