Day 22 Day off in St Louis

The Gateway Arch, in St. Louis, represents the entrance to the Western frontier. For us it felt a little like the entrance to the East. A little more cosmo, definitely more urban, and appearing to be enjoying decent economic times. We rode the train from downtown to an area called Central West End. The station is in the University Hospital campus. We had an excellent breakfast at a restaurant associated with a chess club. Like a major league chess club. Then cupcakes. We rode the train back and picked up a fed-ex pkg from Colin with maps and spares. We've planned out the next four days gett my is to Ohio. It looks like eight ride days to Columbus. We'll take our next day off in Indianapolis and one in Columbus after that.