The Gateway to the West

Officially about to enter the western part of my trip! Today my housemate for this year, Ellyn, showed me around her fabulous city. We walked down Washington Ave and saw some of the hot spots then headed over to the arch. It was so big that we had a hard time getting a photo where you can see us and the arch (the guy who took our photo didn't even try to get the arch in the shot!), but we fixed that by finding one of the miniature painted arches!
It was so nice being able to meet her family and friends and finally put faces to names! Now off to Kansas City to see my big!