Our alarm went off an hour early, and we went with that.
Had breakfast at the hotel and opted to hit the road early and spend our extra time taking pictures.
LIttle did we know, St. Louis had been eaten by fog! It burned off pretty early, so we got a few shots of the mist before heading into the queue to take the tram up to the top of the arch.

Eads Bridge

We had the whole park to ourselves

The arch emerges from the fog...

And Ben gets his first peek...










Inside, I tell Kaitlin this is the way they used to get you to the top, just hop in and they would haul you up like a picnic in a treehouse.

Our tiny tiny tram door




North Leg-I figured out how to get
this shot-cram youself against the window in the lowest part of the observation
room!
I nearly came unglued a couple times up there.






Grover Cleveland and Regina's hubby look exactly alike.