Sunday, May 17, 2026

30 April 2026 St Louis: Finding Milos Bocci Club

 


We picked Milo's Bocci club to be the site of Leslie's 65th birthday party.  It is just a bar with a larger room that we could reserve.  It was centrally located and close to our AirBnB.  We wanted to stop in and talk through the arrangements and so we did.  We also walked around the neighborhood, saw the Imo's park and the statue of Italian Immigrants.


Not stopping on tracks should count for the trains too!   We had to detour around a stopped train


A big church


A statue in tribute to Italian Immigrants who settled this area


Thank you for bringing your pasta to these shores


Daffodils 


Strong lines


Piazza Imo not Imo's pizza


Sponsored my the Imo family


With a great fountain


Great patina




 It has been 3 years and 325 days since we began our Migration

30 April 2026 St. Louis: The Science Center and IMAX the Serengeti

 


This was to be our day of rest, but before we knew it, we were scheduled for the IMAX showing of The Serengeti at the science center with Mike and Deb.  We met at the Science Center and took in the exhibits while waiting for the show to start.  Mike and I took the walkway over highway 40 and exited via the Forest Park entrance.  A large aluminum male figure and a jet fighter were on display at this entrance.  We headed back in and watched the show in the planetarium.  How fun that we will be experiencing that landscape in 2027 with these same folks.


Some nice landscaping


A sunny day


Spring!


The science Center


A big animatronic T-Rex, blurry due to the mothjin of the big beast


The glass windows had some sort of diffraction grating giving the appearance of a tunnel 


Wow, transparent skin!


Not her best side


Modified Ping Pong table


St Louis is home to the Chess Hall of Fame


I could watch this all day


You are getting verrry sleeepy


I saw a bird!  A Jacobian pigeon.


Robert Wadlow's shoe.  He was a local, from Alton Ill.  He was 16 at that time he was 7 foot 10 inches and wore size 35 shoe.  At 22 he was 8 foot 11 inches.


Primates new and old


Mike and I walked out the other entrance and stood there a while looking up at the sky


A local fighter jet was also there


Super tall aluminum foil man


The planetarium is where the imax theater is located


Let the show begin!


But first a message from our sponsor, Science


Imagined travel posters


Medical Quackery


The Arch


Shark!!!  Run!!!


In the gift shop


Got my pendant!


That was fun!



 It has been 3 years and 325 days since we began our Migration

29 April 2026 St Louis: The Zoo Animals Aglow a Nighttime Lantern Festival

 


The nighttime Spring Lantern Festival was a very big event.  The entire zoo was festooned with big illuminated lantern. They were arranged in different themes: birds, flowers, butterflies and dragons just to mention a few.  We were joined by David Abbots daughter Amanda, her husband and two kids.  The 10 of us had a great time at the Zoo



Flamingoes 


A big hawk!


Popping out of the grass


Butterflies


Big bison


The gang is all here


Mr. Squirrell 


Another ride on the carousel 


A huge stork


Having fun!


Wonderland


Owl you doing?


Ramalammadingdong


High density lanterns


Bloomin huge some with surprises 


So beautiful 


Mantis time


The dragon


I toad you so,


The big shoebill,


As if they were not scary enough


More than two tulips


Barrels of fun


Yikes a spider

 It has been 3 years and 324 days since we began our Migration