Here's a couple of pictures we snapped on our way back to the Courthouse from the Arch.
And here's those blooper shots you've been waiting for:
We did a short tour and learned the history of this courthouse. This was an original stand where a judge held court.
My photographer didn't do a very good job with this photo
Not only did I learn about this courthouse and the famous case that was tried here, I learned the story of these two people who had the historic case here. The Dred Scott case, which was a slave suing his slave owner for his freedom. I really learned a lot about this case and the horrible things that this man endured to try and get his freedom.
It was a really incredibly hot, hot, hot day here in St. Louis, so the plan was to eat lunch in the Italian section of town called the Hill. I thought I had taken a picture, but apparently I hadn't....so I borrowed this one off the internet of the neighborhood.
The streets were filled with quaint old houses, Italian grocery stores, and Italian restaurants.
The skies were beginning to really get black and we still had another hotel to check into. We had decided to stay at a hotel near the airport the last night to minimize how early we had to get up the next day (still had to get up at 7am YUCK).
As we headed towards the hotel.....here's what the sky looked like:
Just as we walked into the front door of the hotel......that storm hit with a fury. It seriously felt like there was going to be a tornado. Our room was on the 8th floor overlooking the airport runway and this is what it looked like outside.
The airport closed down for about an hour until the storm blew through. Paul slept through it and I planned what we were going to be doing next.
Paul got up about 5 and we still had about 2 hours until our next adventure was going to start. We had previously bought tickets for a band show at a local bar and that was going to start at 7pm. In the meantime, we found another casino and it was only a couple of miles up the road from us. Onto the casino!
We only had 1 hour to spend at the casino......so didn't give us any time to lose money, and in fact we walked out of there with a little. It was time to drive downtown to the Old Rock House.
Nice little bar in a quiet little neighborhood.
These girls were the headliner and they were pretty good. We had no idea who they were before we came, and I was greatly surprised by them. Not exactly the typical music we usually listen to, but very different, creative and fresh. Interesting fact: they are all sisters!
We feasted on appetizers and drank some beers and listened to some great music.
It was our last night in St. Louis. It was our last night on vacation.
We finished this trip in style.
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