4/28/2005
I'm back from my trip and it was GREAT!
We drove to my grandparents house, stayed over night, carpooled, and went to Missouri for the wedding. We stayed at a nice Drury Inn and spent the next 2 nights during the wedding there. The day after the wedding we went to the St. Louis Gateway Arch. It was the second highest place I had ever been. (the Sears Tower was the highest) After checking out at the hotel we drove to Grand Country Inn in Branson Missouri where they had Bransons first water park. We stayed over night and left in the after noon. We had my birthday at my grandparents house actually on my birthday instead of the Saturday before which I think had been what happened for the past 7 years. I got Bebo Norman and Casting Crowns cds along with a new cd player, a RC stunt plane, $80 of birthday money from my relatives, and
HALO for PC. I read the manual all the way home. :D
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As we were going home my Grandpa told us there is a arrow hidden in the FedEx logo. See if you can find it.
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The water jungle gym is pretty neat if you're ahead of your friends, 'cause there are buckets you can dump and hoses you can turn on to soak your friends from unexpected places. :D
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This picture was taken 2 seconds too early to show the 500 galon water bucket dump all it's water on us.
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After the Arch we drove back another 5 hours to Branson, Missouri near my grandparents house. We staid at the Grand Country Inn which included passes to the Grand Country indoor and outdoor water park.
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Ooh these pictures with hights creep me out. UGH.
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A close up of the dome. I guess there was a game about to start.
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A picture of St. Louis out the other side of the window. The Missouri Capital Building and the Cardinals baseball diamond are 2 of the buildings.
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My little brother looking out the river pointing and saying "wa-wa" which means water to him.
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The Mississippi river outside one of the windows.
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At the top of the arch, 630 feet in the air.
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Getting out of the tram. The Arch was swaying from a half inch to and inch.
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The little "tram" so called that all 7 of us squeeze in.
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The area where we wait for the trams.
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I'm leaning against the arch for this picture.
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The viewing windows where we would be in an hour after waiting in line for security and to get on the trams.
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Me and the Arch.
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The Arch from the path. It doesn't look much like an arch from this vantage point, but more like a building that shrinks near the top. :D
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A CRAZY sign near the path to the arch.
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Parking to go to the Gateway Arch, visible above the trees.
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The Bride and Groom cutting the cake. (and no they didn't splatter it all over eachother's faces. )
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Jen's family and bride. The two good looking guys on the right are my cousins Taylor (The shorter one) and Jared. (the taller one)
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My cousin and my uncle (her dad). (My uncle, Jen, and her younger brothers were the only people I knew there besides my grandparents. :P)
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...and the outside half. You can swim under those windwos and go inside if you want.
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The inside half of the pool...
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The really nice Drury inn we stayed at. Near the top you can see the glass elevator. They had a really cool pool too.
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