at The Gateway Arch in
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Different views of the famous Gateway Arch - the museum - plus views of St. Louis from the windows of the Arch
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| Below: Looking directly UP at the arch gave the two RV Gypsies the impression that the arch was swaying, but in reality, it was the swiftly moving clouds that created the illusion. | |
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Below: Karen Duquette at
the bottom of the Arch |
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| Below: The
two RV Gypsies looked upwards at the windows at the top of the Arch. |
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Below: Then the two RV Gypsies took the journey to the top of the Arch. |
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Below: 1987 Magazine clipping of the view from inside the Gateway Arch. |
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Below: Views of St. Louis
and the Mississippi River TAKEN FROM THE WINDOWS INSIDE
the Gateway Arch photos by Karen Duquette in 2009. |
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Below: 2009 - Actual views and photos by Karen Duquette |
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| From high above, Lee Duquette noticed the white tents way down the street and decided that he wanted to walk there and see what it was all about, so after descending the Gateway Arch, that is where the two RV Gypsies went. | |
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| Below: Time to go back down to the ground. The stairway from the top of the Arch back down to the elevators. Each of the 8 elevators has 5 seats inside, really close together. The door to the elevator was only 4-feet high and the inside walls of the elevator were curved. There was not much head-room, and it was extremely crowded with 5 people seated inside. | |
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Below: The two RV Gypsies
explored Inside The Gateway Arch MUSEUM. |
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Below: Then the two RV Gypsies
took the long walk to find those tents mentioned above. It turned out
to be a food festival, much to Lee Duquette's delight. No photos of the
food or booths were taken. |
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Below: Views of the Arch
from the food festival. |
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The
Gateway Arch is a 630-foot monument in St. Louis, Missouri.
Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of an inverted, weighted
catenary arch, it is the world's tallest arch, the tallest man-made monument
in the Western Hemisphere, and Missouri's tallest accessible building.
Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States, and
officially dedicated to "the American people," it is the centerpiece of
the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and has become an internationally
recognized symbol of St. Louis, as well as a popular tourist destination.
