We picked up 7 cakes on this trip. We were in the area because we were making an important trip to the best local family-owned garden center in town, Greenscape Gardens. Go, and say we sent you.
62. Museum of Transportation
This was our second-ever visit to the Museum of Transportation, or as Cakelet calls it, the "Train Place." The newer building down the hill, which wasn't finished yet last time we were there, has a Stan the Man exhibit, a discovery station (which was closed), the gift shop, and a few vehicles on exhibit. The Automobile Center at the top of the hill has a display of cars, going all the way back to the 1890s, instrument panels from old cars, and a few interactive exhibits for kids to learn about engines. And of course, the outdoor exhibits include an Air Force jet, a tugboat, and lots of trains. Compared to most other St. Louis attractions, it is a bit pricey, but since Cakelet loves trains, we had to go.
63. Barretts Elementary School
I like how the top of this cake is decorated with what appears to be pieces of broken glass. Cool.
64. Frank Lloyd Wright House
Yet again, another attraction that was closed. Apparently, the house looks like this.
65. Gateway Harley Davidson
The choice of this location as historically important is a bit puzzling, but the cake is nice. And Cakelet was impressed at the number of motorcycles.
66. Mississippi River Greenway Trailhead
This cake celebrates another accomplishment of Great Rivers Greenway, the Mississippi River Trail. The art on this cake is fascinating. I like the ones that seem to tell a story.
67. Missouri Civil War Museum
Missouri was home to over 1,400 battles during the American Civil War. That's third, after Virginia and Tennessee. Missouri was a border state, giving troops to both the North and South. Missouri entered the Union in 1821 as a slave state following the Missouri Compromise of 1820, in which Congress agreed that no state north of 36°30' (Missouri's southern border with Arkansas) could enter the Union as a slave state. Maine entered the Union as a free state in the compromise to balance Missouri. (source: Wikipedia).
I suppose this cake is meant to highlight the division within Missouri.
I suppose this cake is meant to highlight the division within Missouri.
68. Jefferson Barracks Historic Site
The 136-year-old barn behind the cake is now a visitor's center for the State Historic Site at Jefferson Barracks.
And lastly, we stopped at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery to visit Cakelet's great-great-uncle Harry. I've since learned that the first person to be buried here was an infant girl, daughter of an officer stationed at the Barracks, in 1827.
182 to go.