A few weekends ago, Trent and I took a little mini vacation to St. Louis. We left in the morning on Saturday and by Sunday night we were back home in our own beds.
We stayed at at the Magnolia hotel downtown, it was newly renovated and opened just a few months ago. It was a nice place to stay. It was definitely an older building that they repainted and "dressed up" to make it look more modern.
Right after we got there, we hung out for a while and then headed down to happy hour at the hotel bar. They have a managers reception, so we enjoyed a few free drinks before heading out for the evening.
Our first stop was the Gateway Arch. We wanted to go up inside of it, but, by the time we got there, it was closed, so we didn't get to experience that together.
We made up for not being able to go up inside the top of the arch by taking a helicopter tour that took off from the base of the arch instead! Neither one of us had ever been in a helicopter before, so it was pretty cool to experience that together. It was like our own personal Bachelorette experience!
We didn't have quite as many options for tour routes because there was a Cardinals game going on nearby and that made the air space around the stadium restricted. So we took the Anheuser-Bucsh Tour that went down the river and over the Brewery then it crossed the river and back to where we started while giving us a great view of the St. Louis skyline.
It went by really fast, but it was so much fun. Here's the video I took while we were up in the air. I sped it up so the shakiness is really accentuated... So if you get sick easily, you might not want to watch this!! I wasn't really paying attention to what I was videoing because I was just holding it up while I was looking around, so don't expect too much from it :) It's nice a nice video to have, though!
After our helicopter tour, we tried to get some pictures of us with the arch in the background, but the random person who took our picture wasn't the greatest photographer... so this is what we've got to work with...
Thanks to Aunt Doreen, we did get one with the arch, though!! :) I love this one!
And we got this one we took ourselves...
After we were done at the arch, we walked to a restaurant called Sauce on the Side. They serve a wide variety of different calzones and they were pretty great! I'm very glad that we found that place. After supper, we swung by a Bella's Frozen Yogurt for some dessert and then headed back to the hotel to watch some football before bed.
Sunday morning, we had breakfast at the hotel and then headed to the Edward Jones Dome for the Rams vs Cowboys game. We had tickets in the front row, 5 yard line. They weren't the best seats for seeing all the action on the whole field, but, for my first NFL game, it was definitely a great experience to be that close to the field and see all that was going on along the sidelines. Next game I think we'll shoot for 50 yard line and a few rows higher ;)
There were a few good plays that happened right in front of us which was really cool, and it was a really good game that ended up being pretty close. It was just a really fun time!
After the game, we were right back on the road and headed towards home. It was a really fast trip, but we packed a lot of fun stuff into the 36 hours we were gone. It really makes me look forward to the next trip that we will take! Hopefully it's a tad bit longer, though :)
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