The Arch from the Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge on the way out of Missouri.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Monday, August 8, 2016
Category: St. Louis
Bye Bye Arch
8 am:Homeward bound! Bye bye Arch!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Monday, August 8, 2016
Good Morning Arch
Good morning St. Louis!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Monday, August 8, 2016
Thinking Big
Lying on the bed looking out. Thinking Nashville needs one of them things. Maybe a 700-foot gee-tar? Or an obelisk made of records and people's broken dreams?
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Shimmery Night
Nighttime Arch. Still shimmery.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Casino Queen
I almost stayed at Casino Queen across the river since there were good reviews. Until I found out a room was more…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
La Plume
The purplish plume over in Illinois is a giant water fountain near the Casino Queen.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Left Behind
In some hotel around here, some kid is crying (him/her)self to sleep.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Crescent Moon
Crescent moon.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Shimmering Arch
The Arch is shimmering in the last light of the sun.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Through the Trees
Through the trees.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
A Little Cheese
A little cheese to begin …
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Red Kitchen
Dinner has to be close because … drunken Cards fans. So Red Kitchen in the Hyatt lobby it is.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Looking Through the Gate
Over the construction site and through the gate lies home. 333 miles away.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Mark? Twain!
Are they on a three-hour tour? Will they get shipwrecked in Illinois? Am I feeling all Mark Twain-y and wanting to pilot a riverboat up to Hannibal?
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Bad Timing
The intersection I took thirty minutes to get through? A half-hour later, two cars. Oy.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Downtown St. Louis
Looking to the southwest.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Looking South
View out the south window.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Helloooo St. Louis!
Hellllooooo St. Louis!!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Whoa.
Feel guilty about treating myself, but Hyatt gave me an eighth floor corner room with windows on two sides. Maybe I'll just stay here.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
[Best part: Our credit card travel miles made it a free stay. Woot.]
Post Game Frustrations
So close, yet so far. Hope the Cards lost 59-0.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Post Game Blues
Got caught in after-game traffic at Busch Stadium downtown;30 minutes to go three blocks.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Rainy Start
Rainy start to Day Two, but it's clearing up. On to Mound City. The big day is tomorrow in Falls City!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, August 5, 2016