St. Louis Arch Grounds Tour - May/Spring 2019 Flooding

It's been a long time like redoing the grounds at the arch, the St. Louis Gateway Arch. So, we're going to take the dog for a little walk there and then we're going to check out the flood waters. Yeah, the river is really high and in 1993 there was a huge flood in St. Louis. And you can look it up, the flood of 93. Alright, we will show you. And now we can put in flood of 93, Gateway Arch grounds. Alright, so we are down at the landing in downtown St. Louis. Definitely the water is much higher than it normally is. We'll show you here. Let's go check out over here. Oh, what is this? A husk of a boat. So, this is exciting. Nice shot of the arch. So, this is super cool. This area, they have a huge 4th of July celebration. It's a whole weekend long. They have different bands come in. So, you can see bands like Breaking Benjamin. We saw, let's see, Marine 5. I remember when we saw it last year. Huh. Fireworks. They have a huge fireworks display that are on the river. So, it overlooks the arch. It's really cool. Food vendors. Poor little guy. Maybe it's set up for dogs. Good boy. Just got him a little water. We got a lot of water. Yeah. He's just so excited to be around people and to be outside that he takes off like a crazy man. That, he does. Helicopter tours, it says. Huh. Those aren't happening right now. No. This is all new for him. Lead on. He's walking all cock-eyed. Okay, so Lewis and Clark down here, they're definitely underwater. I'll turn it around and show you. There's a statue of Lewis and Clark. So, the cool thing is, with the arch, you can actually go up. You sit in a little capsule. So, if you're a tall person, you're going to be crammed. It's pretty small. But, $14 for adults to go up, $11 for children under 15. Under 15 and under. So, a pretty cool experience. We'll zoom in and show the, where you can look out. Once you get to the top of it, you, there's these windows at the top that have like little seats you can look down, get awesome views. Here, we'll show it. And, at the very top, it does have a little give to it, so you can feel it sway a little bit. It's awesome. There's stairs underneath, in the ground, is a museum. They redid the whole museum. And, we have yet to see it, since it got redone. And, unfortunately, we can't show you today, because we've got little Luke with us. But, it'll be nice to see it. Oh, well, we can walk that way. Yeah, but that's where it is. The stairs lead. Let's see what Luke thinks about the arch itself. Do you want to see? Maybe he'll walk up to the arch and snip it, and hopefully not take a leak on it. And, when you go, everybody has to touch the arch. Right, right. You have to touch the arch, so it's like one of those things. Oh. I don't think the dog is impressed. The dog doesn't seem very impressed with the arch. Here, here's where you could... Yeah. So, right down this path is the entrance to the museum. Or, no, it says exit only. Okay, it's the exit to the museum. So, here's where we are right now, in front of the museum. Years ago, in the 70s or 80s, there was the very first McDonald's boat in the riverfront. So, there was a fully functioning McDonald's on the riverfront. It was right here. See where those two boats are? It was docked right there, and it was a McDonald's riverboat. So, if you're hearing cannons, don't be alarmed. It's fine. We just saw, it looks like a little further down the way, there's like a memorial type display. I don't know what you would call it. But, they're testing cannons and whatnot. But, since we have the doggy, he's a little worried about that. So, we aren't going to get close to that or show you that. So, that's what you may be hearing booming in the background. Oh, and by the way, where we live, we could probably get to the arch in like 25 minutes. Yeah. Or just the downtown. He has taken his first elevator ride. He's a little worried. We had parked our car. We had parked our car at Lumiere Casino, because we have number cards for the casino. Free parking, then we walked to the arch. If you had a tail, it would be in between. So, that concludes our showing of the Gateway Arch. So, I hope you enjoyed it. And, it makes you interested enough that if you're ever in St. Louis, Missouri, to come and check it out. It's a lot of fun. So, but as you see, we're a little worn out. We have a worn out little guy. And, we're just ready to enjoy the rest of the Memorial Holiday. So, until next time. See ya.