Utah 2011—St. Louis

It sounds funny to say it, but one of our favorite things about our trip to Utah was our night in St. Louis.

I generally Hotwire 2 1/2  star hotels for our trips, but this summer for some reason the 3 star hotels were cheaper.  Because I wanted to go to the arch when we spent the night in St. Louis, I booked a downtown hotel.

It was beautiful, and the kids were so excited to stay in such a nice place.  I loved the view of the arch from the hotel.

The unexpectedly wonderful thing about St. Louis was the downtown.  In addition to many wonderful buildings, for blocks and blocks (almost from the waterfront up to our hotel) there was a greenspace and public areas.

  Several of the blocks were a sculpture garden.  The sculptures were big enough that we could see them from the car and we were intrigued.  We arrived early enough that we had time to go and explore.

At the entrance to the sculpture garden there was a map of all of the sculptures and information about each one.  It was quickly obvious that these sculptures were all meant to be interacted with.  Children were playing IN the fountains, dancing on the walls, climbing everywhere.  I didn’t let my kids get wet, but they climbed everywhere.  We had a great time.  (Although Rachel was a concerned the whole time about our time running out on the parking meter!)

We loved downtown St. Louis, and can’t wait to visit again someday!