Today was our last rest day of the tour. We have ten days of riding ahead of us. I am feeling much better today.
I limited my activities today. I walked to the waterfront to see that the bike path is flooded. Staff has rerouted the way out of town tomorrow so that we can avoid the flooded spots. The alternate route will be on a road with a wide bike lane. We will have plenty of riding along the river tomorrow which is good since we see it rarely while riding.
I went to the museum at the base of the Gateway Arch and took in a movie about its construction. It was very complicated to build. Amazingly, not one life was lost despite working so far above the ground. There was less emphasis on safety then as men were working without harnesses or helmets in many cases. The arch is a memorial to the departure of Lewis and Clark to explore the West. It is 630 feet wide and has the same dimension to its peak. It is quite spectacular to behold.
Pictures: River right up to the path; Old Courthouse framed by the arch. The courthouse was the site of the first Dred Scott decisions which helped precipitate the Civil War.
When I was a child I visited the arch and took the elevator to the top. It was pretty cool. Looks like you may need a paddle to bike out of St. Louis or as Alec commented last year during one of our days biking in the rain, "looks like we will be biking upstream".
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