Ideas for places to visit in the Midwest
A walk around Forest Park’s Post-Dispatch Lake gives this particular view. From this perspective, you would not know that you are in the center of St. Louis’ metropolitan area, surrounded by homes, apartments, hospitals and commercial areas. You would expect to find a Duck Blind nearby.
The wild grasses planted in St. Louis’ Forest Park always make for nice fall scenes. This afternoon I was out walking with the dogs, taking some photos and took a quick one of this foot bridge. This always seems to be a popular subject of mine. Also, the bridge is a suspension bridge and due to the swaying the dogs will not cross it.
These Basset Hounds are waiting to go home after spending a day in the fields showing off their tracking skills when another dog comes along from a neighboring farm.
A photo from Forest Park next to Post-Dispatch Lake (yes, I was at The Boathouse). The light was just right and I was lucky to have my camera with me.
This is the trail between McGulpin Point Lighthouse and Lake Michigan. While walking this trail, I turned around and snapped this photo.
Here is another photo of Chaumette Winery. This was taken on a dreary overcast day. With the help of a three shot HDR process, the clouds became more interesting and some colors seemed to pop out.
Missouri hills are perfect for growing grapes for wine and Central Missouri has been know for excellent wineries for over 100 years. However, Southeastern Missouri is rapidly becoming the home of many excellent wineries. This is a photo of Chaumette in St. Genevieve County. Fall is a great time to visit with great weather and color.
Sandy Creek Covered Bridge boasts the picture-perfect appearance of an old red barn. It was one of six bridges built in 1872 to allow passage from the Jefferson County seat of Hillsboro to St. Louis. John H. Morse built Sandy Creek Covered Bridge using the Howe-truss design, named for William Howe. Howe patented his design in 1840, which featured the use of vertical rods to draw wooden members tight against the top and bottom of the bridge. Three of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri were built using the Howe-truss design, including Sandy Creek, Burfordville and Locust Creek covered bridges.
The rolling hills of St. Genevieve county can be some the most scenic in the midwest.
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