Meet Me in St Louis

We didn't arrive in St. Louis until after 5:00 PM.

I had hoped to get some of that wonderful St. Louis BBQ

but we didn't have time to do everything.

Sister Clark took me to the beautiful St. Louis Temple.

We were able to slip in and do some temple work.

It was wonderful and the workers were so kind, knew 

and loved Sister Clark.

The sun was just going down when we came out, 

you can see the effects on the little purple pansies.

The temple is surrounded by other churches 

and their HUGE, fabulous, buildings.

Then we walked around the temple and I took some pictures.

The flowers were gorgeous, flowers haven't even poked their

little heads out in Canada, yet.

I have really enjoyed seeing other temples around

the world.  My dream is to get to as many

as I can in my lifetime.

They are all so unique and majestic.

This one looked particularly glowing in the evening sun.

Holiness To The Lord

The picture doesn't do it justice, but it was a spectacular sunset.

more flowers

They have a fountain in front, we don't have a fountain at the 

Edmonton Temple, too cold.

After the temple, Sister Clark gave me the whirlwind tour of St. Louis.

She took me to their favorite BBQ place that they take all their

outgoing missionaires to.  It was just like on the food network, this

awesome cooker out in front of the restaurant.  She said the ribs 

are to die for.  Unfortunately there was a sign on the front door,

"no more food today, all sold out".

So I didn't get any ribs, in fact, we didn't get dinner at all.

We drove past the St. Louis Cardinals Stadium, the football stadium,

the St. Louis Zoo that she says is free and along the Mississippi River,

past the St. Louis Arch.

It was dark by this time, so the pictures are really bad.  This one shows

the city, through the arch.  We climbed the stairs to the top and looked

up at the arch.  It was so high.

I didn't know this, and I had a hard time believing her, but you

can ride to the top in a tram type car.  Then you can stop and look 

out over the city from an observation deck.  Cool, scary but cool.

If we had come earlier, I almost would have gotten up the courage to 

go to the top.  Maybe, next time I visit?