If you ever get a chance to visit St. Louis you should go. Besides the Arch, and the Cardinals there are lots of FREE things for families to do. In Forest Park there is the St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis History Museum, and The Childrens Science Center all free to get in. Forest Park itself is a beautiful place to go on walking trails, have a picnic, or feed the ducks. It was also the location of the 1900 World Fair. (SIDE NOTE......The movie
Meet Me in St. Louis starring, Judy Garland, is about this time period in St. Louis and the Christmas carrole
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas originated from this movie.)
Anyway, Grace is big time into astronomy right now and the Science Center is her favorite place to go when she isn't filming. She not only enjoys the planaterium but she loves doing the experiments in the lab.
At this station she is extracting DNA from wheat germ. Other stations include looking at your own DNA under a microscope from your cheek saliva, learning how to use a pippet (a very useful tool in a laboratory), studying finger prints under a microscope, and viewing a flatworm under a microscope.
St. Louis has beautiful parks all over the city. Hyde Park is where they did one of the scenes for the movie ,
The Swing Set. It has a public pool as well as beautiful grounds and ponds with ducks to feed. I got a shot of Grace by one of the larger fountains..........
Below is a shot from the other side of the same fountain.
They have beautiful evergreens there as well..............
There is also the St. Louis Botanical Gardens, which is beautiful and extensive. It costs a little to get in here but is worth it if you like plants and landscaping. They also have a Six Flags which like all amusement parks is expensive. All in all I would say St. Louis is a very family friendly city and the enterainment can be easy on your pocket book. So if your planning your next vacation or just a weekend get-away I highly recommend St. Louis.
Oh my, how I love St. Louis. For awhile, back in the 1990's, it was my second home. I worked for Trans World Airlines and was in STL all the time. I always enjoyed getting on the MetroLink at the airport and we would ride into the downtown area and visit Forest Park, the Arch, The Landing and of course we never missed a trip to the zoo! There was a bear there that would always walk in this huge circle and he did it over and over again, every time we went. Sometimes, if we had a few days off, we would even venture into East St. Louis and visit the Casino Queen riverboat. Such fun times and fond memories!! Wonderful city!!
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Kathleen
I really like the b&w picture of Grace at the park.
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