St. Louis is known as the Gateway to the West, which means that it also is the Gateway to the East if you’re going in that direction—as we were. And this is the final post of the trip, since after St. Louis, we simply drove for two days to get back home in time for Thanksgiving.

So, outside and inside the Arch: one ascends the arch in a cramped, two-seater train car that runs on a combination elevator-escalator track.

The view from the top:

Next: no next!