September the first, I moved to Miss Maria’s RV Park in Fenton, Missouri with my husband.
We made many friends and had lots of cookouts and get-togethers with brother electricians when at the RV Park.
Some of the places that we visited were:
We visited the Butterfly House at Faust Park, 15193 Olive Blvd. Chesterfield, Mo 63017 where there are thousands of live tropical butterflies fly freely in a glass conservatory.
The St. Louis Zoo 1 Government Drive St Louis where we saw elephants, cheetahs, penguins, bears, hyenas, lions, tigers, zebras, giraffes, antelopes, primates, birds, and reptiles.
The St. Louis Art Museum 1 Fine Arts Drive St Louis, Mo 63110.
Six Flags Over Saint Louis Theme Park:
My husband’s sister won four tickets to Six Flags in Missouri; she could not use the tickets so she gave them to us.
All bags had to be checked before entering Six Flags Park because of 911.
We went to Six Flags in September and again in October for Halloween.
The most fun was at Halloween:
We walked through a couple of haunted houses where I bumped my head when I was frightened by a goblin.
The goblin looked at my husband and said, “ That is the funniest thing I have seen tonight.”
My husband also laughed.
We saw several tombstones covered with spider webs lying all around on the ground.
We saw many scary white ghosts, and black bats flying among the trees.
The street lights flicker with orange and black lighting.
Fenton is known as the city of parks and we visited many of Fenton’s parks.
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| RV Park Fenton |
The City currently has over 340 acres of parkland, featuring active and passive leisure pursuits. Fenton City Park amenities include 7 softball fields, 8 soccer fields, 2 basketball courts, 4 tennis courts, picnic pavilions, 2 playgrounds, and a 1.4-mile pedestrian/bicycle trail.
Neighborhood parks range from 1 to 16 acres featuring playgrounds, fishing ponds, nature trails, and pavilions.
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| RV Park Fenton |
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| RV Park Fenton |
Saturday, October 6, 2001
We rode to a German neighborhood in south St Louis called Bevo Mill most of the people there are from Bosnia and Croatia. We visited the Miniature Museum of Greater St Louis. It houses a collection of artistic miniatures. The museum collects, preserves, and sells some of the most impressive miniature works from dolls to their houses.
We saw a miniature replica of the Long Branch Saloon from the TV show Guns Smoke. We saw the windmill Bevo Mill Restaurant located at the intersection of Marganford and Gravois roads. We saw the Stari Grad Fadil’s Bakery Restaurant in the Irene Building and much old building no longer in use.
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| The Bevo Mill Restaurant |
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| The Bevo Mill Restaurant located at the intersection of Morganford and Gavios |
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| Storefronts in Bevo Mill |
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| Long Branch Saloon |
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| Storefronts in Bevo Mill |
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| Replica of Bevo |
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| Town of Bevo most stores are closed |
We watched the Founders Day Parade in Fenton Missouri.
In the parade we saw the daughters of the American Revolution, a group of Boy Scouts, Michal Gibbons Missouri State Senator, Greg Quinn County Council, Larry Steelman Alderman, riding in a black Corvette, and the Silver Falcon Marching Band of Rockwood Summit High School.
RiverChase of Fenton, Olde Town Fenton Veterinary Hospital, owners walking their dogs, people riding horses, and driving old & new Cars.
We saw the Saint Louis County Police and the Number 1314 Fenton Fire Department firetruck.
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| Fenton Parade |
Sunday, October 21, 2001
Museum of Transportation
We visited the St Louis Museum of Transportation Train Museum location at 2967 Barrett Station Road, St Louis Mo
We saw the Rogers and Hammerstein State Fair billboard starring Bobby Darrin, Pat Boon, and Ann Margaret. Displayed was Bobby Darrin’s dream car, a 1963 Chrysler turbine car.
Train cars: Union Pacific, Nickel Plated Road Daniel, Sabine River, and Northern.
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| St Louis Museum of Transportation |
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| St Louis Museum of Transportation |
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| St Louis Museum of Transportation |
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| St Louis Museum of Transportation |
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| St Louis Museum of Transportation |
We did a drive-through at Jelly Stone Park at Christmas.
Jellystone Park address: 5300 Fox Creek Rd. Pacific, Mo 63693
December 2001
We waited in a long line to drive our car through Yogi Bear’s Jelly Stone Park.
The park was decorated with red, green, yellow, orange, and blue lights flashing, dancing, and glowing light everywhere
Many of the summer cabins were transformed into different light themes.
We saw the Space Age Jetsons orbiting overhead in their jet aero car.
We saw the primitive family of the Flintstones, with Dino chasing Fred.
We saw Snow White and the seven dwarfs in a line with their tools headed to the diamond mInc.
We saw Santa Clause rains in hand with his reindeer saying, “ 'Merry Christmas, and to all a Good Night”
We saw an ice pond with anatomic dolls skating on ice.
Lone Elk Park Sunday, November 18, 2001
We drove through the Lone Elk County Park, located in Valley Park near the intersection of Hwy 44 and hwy 141. The park consists of 546 acres loaded with bison, elk, and deer that roam freely. It is a beautiful drive and you can watch wild animals in your car.
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| Lone Elk County Park |
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| Lone Elk County Park |
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| Lone Elk County Park |
Sunday, November 18, 2001
Laumeier Sculpture Park
We visited Laumeier Sculpture Park, seventy-two acres of land given by Matilda Laumeier. A personification of Mother Earth, this piece proposes that a land easy to an understanding ingratiating face is what the public wants to see.
Robert Morris's minimalist sculptures are often arrangements of geometric shapes placed on the floor, up against a wall, or suspended from a ceiling. There is no expressive or symbolic associated with this work and it is a study of pure form. Some of the pieces that we saw were Vito Acconci,(Faces of the Earth #3), Jonathan Borofsky (Man with Briefcase #2968443), Niki De Saint Phalle (Ricardo Cat, 1999), Donald Judd (Untitled 1984), Alexander Liberman (The Way 1972-80), Jonathan Borofsky, (Parts of a Ballerina), Ronald Gonzalez,(Birds fly through us 2000), Ernest Trova, (Abstract Variation 1980), George Greenamyer,(Heritage Schooner for Debra Lakin 1998) Judith Shea, (Public Goddess 1992) & Terry Allen, (Symphony Lounge 1998) were a few of the pieces that we saw.
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| Laumeier Sculpture Park |
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| Laumeier Sculpture Park |
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| Laumeier Sculpture Park |
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| Laumeier Sculpture Park |
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| Laumeier Sculpture Park |
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| Laumeier Sculpture Park, |
Malls of St Louis MO area:
Brentwood Promenade hwy 170 and hwy 64/40 Missouri
We visited the Chesterfield Mall on hwy 64/40 Clarkson Rd Missouri.
Crestwood Westfield shopping town Watson and Sappington Road
We visited Jamestown Mall Lindbergh and old Jamestown Rd. Missouri
Northwest Plaza Westfield shopping town Lindbergh Blvd and St. Charles Rock road Missouri.
It snowed my first winter in Missouri which was just before Thanksgiving.
There were still patches left from that snow in January.
The streets are cleaned every day and the traffic flows smoothly most of the time but sometimes the weather does unexpected things and the traffic slows to a halt.
The next winter was mild.
January 2002 that night before we left Fenton it snowed.
