About noon --- Drove through St Louis & saw the Gateway Arch.***

 

It was built as a monument to the westward expansion of the US. At 630 feet, it is the tallest man-made monument in the United States, Missouri's tallest building and the largest architectural structure designed as a weighted or flattened arch.

 

We also stopped for lunch in Illinois & restrooms in Kentucky, I believe.

 

The kids picnicked -- since the sun was out and lovely.