Friday, September 11, 2026

2023 - St. Louis family trip

    For Fall break 2023, the whole Thomas crew (Mamaw, Papaw, us, Lucas' brother Dan and his family) descended upon St. Louis. It's one of my favorite cities, especially for families because of unique attractions like City Museum and the Arch and for FREE attractions like the Zoo and Science Center.
    Dan and Megan introduced us to the wonder of the Drury Inn, which is a hotel chain that not only has free breakfast, but free DINNER, too! (they call it "kickback"). There's a rotating selection, so even though we were there 5 nights, we never had the same meal back-to-back. There's also free popcorn and a neat indoor/outdoor pool.
    There were some things we did all together (Zoo, Science Center, Arch, City Museum, Magic House) and some things we did separately. One of the things our family did was attend a bilingual Japanese church and a Brazilian festival (where we met up with my childhood friend Kate and her family).

First time at a Japanese church

The boys loved the capoeira demonstration

Forest Park Nature Playscape

This is one of my favorite parts of the zoo. You're almost close enough to touch the penguins!





In the little egg-shaped vehicle to go up the Arch!

From the top!



Geocaching along the way

Magic House -- a children's museum




City Museum -- one of my favorite places in the world!



Waiting for the mini circus to start!

Pizza and pumping!


Bowl #6!

Giant NES controller at the Science Center



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