City Museum

There's a lot to do in St Louis. Rick and the girls planned their days while I was busy conferencing, and left a few exciting things to do with me. (I will be posting a blog written by Kaya about their adventures without me, later)  Our first big adventure together was City Museum. 

Kaya was bursting with excitement when she saw this place!

 Rick and I decided this place is a Chuck E Cheese for Urban Hippies. I still cannot find the words to describe this place, not really. It's a collection of castoffs from different cities around the country. They've been revamped and assembled in the midst of interesting tile mosaics and concrete sculptures. All of which is open for you to climb on, over, under and through. Everywhere you look there's a cubby hole to explore- and who knows where it will lead?  Every inch has amazing detail and surprising beauty- I was overwhelmed by it all.

Each metal path above this bus could be climbed

 The museum has indoor and outdoor spaces. We soon made our way to the outdoor climbing area. It felt like a collection of crazy catwalks with slides, stairs and planes thrown in. One of our favorite parts was an enormous ball pit. The balls were the size of the big bouncy balls you can buy for a couple bucks at WalMart- and the pits were about 2 feet deep, filled with bouncy balls. We spent a few hours roaming the different paths, until lightning shut down the outdoors. By now it was WAY past bedtime, so we called a cab and headed back to the hotel.

A tree sculpture inside

Yeah, this pathway made my heart pound a bit