Friday, June 15, 2012

2012 Southwest Vacation Day 1

I returned Thursday evening, June 14th from a great week in Boston with my work team. My flight landed in Dayton at 7 PM (on time), and I rushed home to finish packing for our our scheduled leaving time of 4 am the next morning. Needless to say we didn't make it, but we did roll out a bit before 6.
About to leave before 6 am
A view from inside the car
Our first stop was the Saint Louis Arch. We toured the museum (first use of our National Park Pass), but the lines were too long to make it up into the arch. We ended up eating lunch underneath a nearby bridge which was actually very cool! Watching the boats, trains, the helicopter coming and goings, and the people were quite entertaining.
View of the arch from where we ate lunch.
That night we stayed in Bennett Spring State Park, which has a trout hatchery. Although it was too dark for good pictures, it was very neat to see the trout in the pools trying to jump up waterfalls and swarming to be fed. The fisherman stood shoulder to shoulder trying to catch the fish in the river -- but the water was too warm as we learned after a short hike upstream and saw all of the floating, dead fish.
The rows of the hatchery where trout of different ages are kept.
Fish trying to jump between the pools.

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