King Tut and Dinner on the River in St. Louis
It was a beautiful summer day and my friend Betty and I were
heading to St. Louis.
We were going to spend the afternoon at the St. Louis
Science Center before taking off on a Gateway Arch River Cruise for dinner.
We decided to leave the car in the lot by the boat and take
an Uber to the museum and back.
The cruises left right below the Gateway Arch
and we had quite a view from that spot.
The St. Louis Science Center is located within Forest Park.
Like the other museums there, it is free to the public.
We didn’t realize that the museum closed at 5:00 pm so we
couldn’t see it all, but we had enough time to go through the main thing we
came for:
The King Tut Exhibit.
The King Tut Exhibit.
With our tickets we received our recorders for the guided
audio tour.
I really didn’t know what to expect since it had been many years
since I had seen anything on King Tut.
This exhibit was so much more than I
ever expected.
It is set up so that you are walking in the steps of
archaeologist Howard Carter when he discovers the King Tutankhamun site in
1922. Nothing else like it had ever been found.
The exhibit then takes you through the tomb and the artifacts,
including the mummy cases and tomb treasures.
It consists of lots of gold in
every shape and form.
Betty and I were both amazed at all of this splendor,
created thousands of years ago with minimal tools.
The King Tut Exhibit is open at the St. Louis Science Center
through January 7, 2018. There is a charge for this exhibit, but it is
definitely worth it.
We had some time before the river cruise and we had Uber
driver take us around Forest Park.
I had been to the Art Museum and the Zoo, but hadn’t spent any significant time in the park since I was a kid.
Our driver had us back at the boat in time for the cruise. We
had not had any substantial food all day and couldn’t wait.
The tables were reserved and the buffet was set up when we
boarded. There was a banjo player and Betty and I each order a glass of wine
and began to relax.
Dinner on the Gateway River Cruise included a beef carving
station, chicken, fish, vegetables, potatoes, fruit, and pasta salad.
We helped ourselves to full portions and the food was very
good.
The dessert was a choice of Red Velvet and Chocolate Fudge cakes. I had a little of each and they were both delicious.
It was a beautiful night and the ride along the Mississippi River was wonderful.
It was a beautiful night and the ride along the Mississippi River was wonderful.
We went outside to catch the sunset and watch the boat get
ready to dock.
Dinner cruises, which you can reserve on the website, run
through October and start back up in April.
The one-hour sightseeing cruises go until November and start again in March.
The one-hour sightseeing cruises go until November and start again in March.
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