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arch madness


Today’s post has 3 main characters–the arch, Maggi, and Mary Kate. I happen to love all three…hence the multitude of pictures of them.
 
When Maggi and I heard about the Malcom Martin Memorial Park in Illinois, we both immediately said “let’s go!” The park has the perfect view of the St. Louis skyline. And while the park is located in East St. Louis, the only people we even came across complimented us on our coordinating outfits (and maybe made fun of Maggi for taking a picture of a bush.) So it doesn’t fit in with the usual bad reputation that East St. Louis gets.
 
We started off our adventure at Bob’s Drive-In for Kim’s birthday lunch.
3 young women smiling

 

my friends

 

more friends
Then we headed out to the park
2 women at the arch

 

that fountain behind Maggi is a little hard to see but it’s actually the second tallest fountain in the world, reaching a maximum height of 600 feet (which is the same height as the Arch…for all you trivia people)
tall fountain in st louis

 

isn’t that view amazing?
st louis arch

 

holding hands under the arch

 

arch 4

 

Mary Kate nailed the Senior pose
arch 5

 

and Maggi nailed that jump!
woman jumping

 

there are 250 cakes around the St. Louis area–we found 6 of them yesterday
st louis birthday cake

 

american flag

 

woman with statue

 

the sky was pretty much this color…which makes the pictures not so impressive. But the view was still pretty amazing
downtown st louis

 

there’s a lookout point to get a better view
arch 7

 

jessica roberts and maggi

 

jessica roberts and friends

 

arch 9

 

check out that reflection
young woman wearing sunglasses

 

in case Mary Kate did not see the 600 ft monument across the river
pointing

 

friends 4

 

girls hugging

 

maggi 4

 

After finding a few cakes in the downtown area, we met up with Kim and the rest of the group (who had gone rock climbing) at Ted Drewes.
ted drews st louis birthday cake

 

friends 6

 

ted drews frozen custard sign

Such a delicious way to end the day!

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