Leaving the Great River Road for Route 66
We got some chores done (i.e. 115K mile oil change for The Beast) and…
Visited 1 new National Park Site and 1 revisit :
- Gateway Arch National Park (#1-Revisit), where we finally went up in the Gateway Arch and visited the remodeled museum, with friends from St. Louis! We first visited in the fall of 2000, after 5:00, when things were all closed. Second visit was fall of 2016, when the Arch was closed for reconstruction, but we visited the Old Courthouse. Now the Old Courthouse is closed for reconstruction.
- St. Genevieve National Historical Park (#265), encompassed multiple sites across the town of Ste. Geneviève (3 owned by NPS, others private). It was the first permanent European settlement in Missouri, established by 1750 by French Canadian settlers, drawn here by the rich agricultural land on the Mississippi. After the flood of 1785, the town relocated to higher ground ~3 miles to the northwest of its original site. The early French inspired buildings were Vertical Log Homes, fascinating.
Heading SW along Route 66 today
For more pictures, see (in-work) Adventure Album: Great River Road / Route 66
2 Comments
Gretta · October 26, 2024 at 10:10 am
Didn’t know you could go into the arch.wow.
Gail · October 28, 2024 at 8:37 am
OH YEAH!!! Although it was closed for a few years, for “updates”.