Day 8: Springfield to St Louis

Drove across Missouri to St Louis - Missouri was mainly gentle rolling countryside. St Louis is the biggest city since I left Los Angeles and has lots of historical buildings as well as a centrally located park, all of which make it feel like a smaller version of New York or Chicago. The key tourist sructure is the Gateway Arch, next to the Missisippi River.

Gateway Arch, from the bottom... ...and the view from the top - to get to the top you have to get into little 5 seater capsules, a bit like you might have on a ferris wheel, and then these are pulled to the top.

The Eads Bridge over the Missisippi. When completed in 1874, the Eads Bridge was the longest arch bridge in the world.

Visited the St Louis Zoo - so did not have to come face to face with a wild Grizzly Bear....

or an Amur Leopard!