Savoring St. Louis

Penguins, Yep, there they are...

This Jaguar was posing for us.

The baby Giraffe was so cute and kept sticking his nose out of his stall toward us.

Grandma and Cody in the Reptile House. Cody wanted to see a Cobra...

Grandma checking out the elephant

Yummy Stand!

Cooling Off with Custard

Look at the cool Monarch Butterfly Statue in the background.

yeah, that's a big moth.

This is outside for people to sit and play on. How cool!

The very old Greenhouse in the Botanical Garden

Inside the Climatron Rainforest

 Sorry for the late post again... we were very tired last night.

We officially made the most of our day in St. Louis. We went to the Zoo early in the morning about 8:30 to see the animals before it got too hot. That zoo is the hilliest we have ever been to! Cody and Katie got a work out!

We were so hot after the zoo, and we went to Ted Drewry's Frozen Custard which was perfect. Grandma had peach, Cody had Tarty Cherry, and Katie had Hawaiian. We all liked it a lot.  Katie is sad that she cannot get this down in south GA. :( Next we went to "Grandma's Surprise" which Katie would not tell her where or what it was. She finally guessed when we pulled up at the Butterfly House. She loved it! Cody had never been to one before. All three of us liked the Blue butterflies the best. Cody was partial to the epic music in the Butterfly life educational video. Next we went to a Border's to see what goodies we could take from their misfortune. We tried to comfort Grandma and tell her that she did not single-handedly close Borders with her Kindle. :) Cody is now reading another volume of The Walking Dead comics, Katie is reading Room, and Grandma is trying oh so hard to finish the John Grisham book.

The Botanical Garden of Missouri was our next stop. It was absolutely beautiful there. The art, creativity, landscape, and plants were awesome. We took a tram around the whole place to give all of us a good overview without the long walk.  We also looked into the oldest Greenhouse West of the Mississippi and their climate controlled Rainforest. Cody and Katie found a sign that said "Please do not feed our Foxes." We were very disturbed. After the Botanical Garden, we did not want to eat a full meal, so Grandma and Katie split a "Heart Stopping BLT" at Crown Candy Kitchen while Cody at a Rueben and drank a Chocolate Malt. This place was on Man vs. Food for its Malt challenge to drink 5 malts in 30 minutes.  We did not try. This place has been open since 1913.

We drove down to the Mississippi River for an hour cruise at 6pm. It was nice to be on the water, and Cody had never been on the Mississippi before. Our Riverboat was named the Tom Sawyer.  We came back to the hotel to clean up and rest for bit, and then we went to dinner at Anthonio's Tavern on the Hill. Their food was a mix of Greek and Italian. Very creative and delicious. We tried Toasted Ravioli there. We slept well when we got back to the hotel last night.