Gateway to the West: St. Louis Arch

After traveling 132.95 miles, I finally reached the St. Louis Arch with Briana. It's coordinates are a longitude of -90 degrees, 11 feet, 7 inches and a latitude of 38 degrees, 37 feet, 29 inches. The Arch was such a spectacular site to see. Did you know that it is also called the Gateway to the West? Yup. This was a very meaningful trip for me, because this landmark is symbolic for American's expansion to the west. The arch is 630 feet high. When you are outside looking up, it seems like it just goes on forever, and ever. The outside of the arch is made of stainless steel and when the sun is shining on it, it is almost blinding to look at. To get up inside the arch we had to take a special kind of elevator. The inside of it looks like a pod of a spaceship. It is quite scary taking the trip to the top because the elevator rocks back and forth the whole way. Once you are at the top, though, the view is spectacular. You can see so far into the city and even into Illinois. When it is windy outside, you can even feel the arch moving back and forth, slightly. I had such an awesome time. I cannot wait for someone else to take me back sometime.