The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, symbolizing westward expansion in the United States . . .
. . . . . is so huge, we had to take a Mississippi River trip to fit the whole thing in the camera lens:
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So glad to see you on here once in a while! I am sure the move plus house hunting has been busy for you. When I was 12 I went up for the ride in the Arch. A bit scary from what I could remember. But I did it with my cousin!
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I have to prioritise my days, Nancy and don’t have as many hours as I would like for reading and writing. Shame.
We went up in the arch when we were there. You may not remember it vividly but the structure narrows and the tiny capsule you share with 2 strangers tilts and gets very stuffy. I was sure glad to get out at the top!
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Wow. I’ve never seen or heard of this before.
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Apparently it’s world famous. You know what we’re like.
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Funny. I’m sure I don’t know all the world famous sites.
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Nobody knows all the “world famous” sites in America. 😁 Not even we do!
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Have never seen this before but you managed to capture its enormous scale. The cars help with that. You must have one of those long, lovely British springs coming soon – lucky you!
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I love the way the arch towers over the city buildings.
As for our spring, it is lovely and long! It starts with aconites and snowdrops in January, proceeds with crocuses and daffodils, on to bluebells and tulips, then straight into summer! I love the seasons. 😊
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I had to read all the comments to make sure you hadn’t run back to the USA… an interesting monument… would love to have seen that under construction…
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I hadn’t thought of that. How did they stop it falling down until they put the last little piece on the top?
As for running back to the USA, I just take a little trip through my picture folder for the photo challenges.
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Are you missing the USA?
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Naw. Only the weather. And the snowdrops are coming up. It’s nearly spring! 😄
I’m really not missing the transatlantic flights. 😦
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Oh, wow! Good choice Carol 🙂
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Thanks Jude
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Having been there, Id say you got the perfect image for “Scale”
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I’ve only seen the Arch flying in and out of St. Louis and it indeed is large and a presence. Great show of ‘scale’. Hope the house hunting is going well 🙂
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We have a good feel for the countryside around here having gone on a lot of wild goose chases. Haven’t seen “the one” yet. How are you? Enjoying the AZ warmth yet?
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So….are you pining for America? Want to do it all in reverse now? 🙂
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No. Not yet. Even though it is a grey, cold, miserable day here. If I could snap my fingers and be in AZ now that would be nice for a couple of weeks but I never, ever, EVER want to do an international move again. No. Don’t make me do that despite the blogging material it provided.
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Can only imagine….it will probably be years before you actually recover. Am just glad to have you back on here a bit now! You were very missed!
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Thanks so much! I feel guilty when I read or write blogs. So much to do. (Mainly house hunting.) So little time. I have a castles, kings and wizards post in the pipeline. Must finish it sometime. ☺
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Can’t wait!
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wow – I haver only driven by the arch – and have seen it from the highway – so I really like your view – shows the massive scale for sure….. nice wpc
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It was only ever a little silver arch in pictures until we stood under it. It’s stunning when seen up close.
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well it sure is cool – and I wonder who thought of making an arch – like were they sitting around saying – “okay – can;t do another eiffel tower… how about…. an arch” – ha!
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They needed a symbolic “gateway” to the west and I guess the arch lent itself to that. Who knew they could build one so big? The locals didn’t want to waste public funds on it. No vision!
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well not surprising that the locals were not on board – this seems to be the case with many artsy things – and well, so many dream smashers everywhere – ha! and yeah, they went big and got it – whew
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I wonder if they took the tourist revenue and put it back on the taxpayers’ pockets.
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who knows – hm – and now you have me wondering the history of this cool icon!!!
but I do know that the the eiffel tower was not “covered” because they ran out of money – it was supposed to be covered like the statue of liberty – and most viewed it as an unfinished eye sore because of this – it was almost troen down but the war time activities saved it.
and it almost did not get built because of low funds – but ended up getting paid for within a couple years of being opened because of a nice business plan.
anyhow, now I am really curious about the arch!
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