Tag Archives: Missouri

Outdoors, Wildlife Preserve/Reserve

Shaw Nature Reserve, MO

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While very beautiful and really close to Interstate 40, most of the trails are not accessible except by foot on weekends.

The main road that goes through the Reserve is closed Friday-Sunday to vehicles.

I can’t find any information about this on their website but we were told that was the case and they had the road closed when we were there on a Friday.

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I thought this rain garden idea was interesting.

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The garden at Bascom House was beautiful.

I would like to go again when all the trails are accessible or we are able to hike to the other trails.

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Beautiful stop right outside St. Louis.

Find more information at their website, here.

Outdoors, Parks

Maramec Spring Park ~St. James, MO

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This is a beautiful park in Missouri!

Maramec Spring Park is not too far outside of St. Louis and a short distance away from Interstate 40.

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They have these pools filled with trout!

There were so many, it seemed unreal.

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They have beautiful paths for you to walk along the river.

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They have several feeding stations set up also.

Someone was super nice and gave us some quarters they did not need, so we could feed the fish.

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My kids were just searching the ground for fish food people had dropped since we did not bring any quarters.

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They had a nice museum to go to.

There was another also but I found we all did better outdoors after being in a vehicle for hours…

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The kids really liked this watershed display.

It really rained.

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This is a great spot to stop for us on trips to Indiana.

Can’t wait to go there again!

Museums/Events, Parks

The Gateway Arch and The Museum of Westward Expansion ~St. Louis, MO

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archcloseOne of the main reasons I wanted to take an extra day on our trip to Indiana was so that we could stop in St. Louis!

The last time we stopped was 4 years ago!!!

aarch13This was from that trip.

It was taken at an old church near the arch.

I was hoping to take a new picture but it was under construction.

Look at those babies!

For some odd reason my boys do not even remember this trip…

closearchWe pass the Arch twice and year but after so many trips past it you kind of forget to stop and actually enjoy it.

After seeing this blog post at Currently Wandering I was determined to stop this time.

Really go check out her blog, she is traveling with her family in an airstream and has some amazing travel info!

archbwThe Arch is so amazing close up!

vistorcenterI had not been in the Visitor Center since I was a child!

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museumThe place was pretty empty so we got to just wonder around.

bullThe fake animals are the only thing I remember from when I was a child.

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I found the original Earth bag house…

Look it up.

archWe did not go to the top this time around.

I did make everyone walk around the whole Arch just to make sure I did not want yet another angle for pictures though.

capitolThere’s was more hobbling than walking from Nick and I, thanks to the hike the day before.

aboveNext time you drive by be sure to stop!