tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post1894784893042141201..comments2023-10-14T09:44:21.840-05:00Comments on People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Just in Case I Wasn't Feeling Crazy Enough, We Decided to Go to the Arch Jen Piwtpitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09576108150881254072noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-21909777067981904282013-03-24T13:10:47.546-05:002013-03-24T13:10:47.546-05:00Wow - I have just added this one to the list of &q...Wow - I have just added this one to the list of "Things that I will never, ever do. Not even if you beg me or try to shame me." Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16521160592881037725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-83969114553755861252013-03-24T12:00:17.039-05:002013-03-24T12:00:17.039-05:00Looks like the next trip should be to Chicago and ...Looks like the next trip should be to Chicago and the glass SkyDeck on the Willis Tower. . . . .no thanks.Mosaicwenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16598291052129062297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-68695244014211516142013-03-23T18:06:39.223-05:002013-03-23T18:06:39.223-05:00I went up with me husband, our 4 month old, and so...I went up with me husband, our 4 month old, and some random other couple. We JUST get in and my son messes his diaper- big time, to this day it was still the worst diaper blowout ever. Trapped in a pod...my hubs says oh gonna change him? How is that going to work, we are shoved in here T2A with complete strangers...excuse me we haven't met, is it okay if I stretch my sons poop smeared legs across your lap while I clean him up? Oh no?<br /><br />We sat there in silence as we SLOWWWWLY crept up the arch and the smell crept crept up our nostrils. When the door opened the other couple busted out of there like there was a fire. Welcome to St. Louis ya'll!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07297091462163645012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-24247531406208027492013-03-23T16:23:03.926-05:002013-03-23T16:23:03.926-05:00Reading this made me all panicky, but also made be...Reading this made me all panicky, but also made be all "Aww..." because you and the Hubs are so cute. So cute that I almost want to go on the Tight Spaces of the Midwest tour like you guys did.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00568034681803349166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-54010748531801542492013-03-23T11:48:45.598-05:002013-03-23T11:48:45.598-05:00I feel your pain about the Arch. When we went to ...I feel your pain about the Arch. When we went to visit it I felt all the same emotions plus a man of middle eastern descent with a small box in his lap who was sweating bullets was in that tiny capsule with us. I could barely breathe for praying so hard that he wasn't going to blow us up!<br />!!! <br />I will never go there again!!!<br /><br />DeborahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-25658682543958281782013-03-23T06:51:53.194-05:002013-03-23T06:51:53.194-05:00Don't ya hate it when you have to pretend you&...Don't ya hate it when you have to pretend you're not scared by things for your kids? I had to do that the other week when a massive spider ran across my car window (thankfully on the outside). Oh it's nothing to be afraid of darling, just an ENORMOUS HORRIFIC SPIDER THAN WILL PROBABLY BITE YOUR HEAD OFF & LAY EGGS DOWN YOUR NECK! Ack.<br />As for crowded/tight spaces - I never knew I had an issue until I visited the Vatican Museum. Man they squish you in there. Maybe it's some innate 'Godliness' that stops the deathly stampede that seems imminent at every turn. At least it makes for an exciting visit I guess..phunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380008757653130810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-75426170009088843772013-03-22T22:30:44.060-05:002013-03-22T22:30:44.060-05:00I've been up in the Washington monument in DC ...I've been up in the Washington monument in DC and hated every minute of it. Definitely not doing that arch. It sounds way worse. Thanks for the review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-36652037312850224262013-03-22T14:35:00.219-05:002013-03-22T14:35:00.219-05:00My friend and I went to the arch several years ago...My friend and I went to the arch several years ago and discovered the true name(to us) of those pods: "death bubbles".Forget waterboarding, the CIA should use those pods to get information out of terrorists.Terrifying!spymayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000048306408616538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-24408641633716784862013-03-21T23:06:36.526-05:002013-03-21T23:06:36.526-05:00Aww, hubs. What a guy! I would have to pass on t...Aww, hubs. What a guy! I would have to pass on the whole going up to the top of the arch thing, seriously. The pod, the height, sharing air with strangers. no. I don't even like sharing my Hibatchi Grill table with strangers when we eat at Japenese restaurants. My husband would have to take the kids up alone. Probably try to embarass me in the lobby and call me an alien, then load the kids into the pod. I'd be ok with it.Adrienn Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07989381703233954670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-36501634003357517162013-03-21T20:26:07.689-05:002013-03-21T20:26:07.689-05:00I had repressed how awful those pods are. Ugh. I a...I had repressed how awful those pods are. Ugh. I also recommend avoiding the Shark encounter at Seaworld. I could not deal with the insanely over-crowded hallways leading to the tunnel. The actual tunnel was cool but so not worth the near panic attack. Isabellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-1233033592402905152013-03-21T17:56:46.806-05:002013-03-21T17:56:46.806-05:00As rude as it may be, I'm glad you're expe...As rude as it may be, I'm glad you're experiencing this horror and sharing it with us, so that I know where my family will NEVER go on vacation. Ever.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01777568853043657535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-4518793309176279292013-03-21T13:51:10.020-05:002013-03-21T13:51:10.020-05:00When we went up in the Arch when I was young I did...When we went up in the Arch when I was young I didn't have any problems. When I went up a few years ago with my husband and two kids? Another story entirely. Not enough room. Not enough air. I was convinced terrorists were going to fly a plane into it while we were in the pod. I was eyeing the stairs out of the window. Thank God for that window! I seriously almost bolted out of that thing before the doors closed trapping me inside. I thought I was gonna die before I got out of that friggen pod. The top didn't bother me but that pod was nearly the death of me.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01016890107104235652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-24564373886650681362013-03-21T09:05:57.857-05:002013-03-21T09:05:57.857-05:00I would like to see the Arch, but have no desire t...I would like to see the Arch, but have no desire to be *inside* the Arch. This is kinda how I feel about most monuments. I'm kind of like the platonic friend of all monuments...RachRiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16555149721317451097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-62126181898320507442013-03-21T08:38:52.445-05:002013-03-21T08:38:52.445-05:00I have never been so happy to have no reason to ev...I have never been so happy to have no reason to ever go to St. Louis.BadParentingMomentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00029703381098618823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-3447636031591494532013-03-21T08:29:39.271-05:002013-03-21T08:29:39.271-05:00Oh, helllllllll no. You're a better mom than I...Oh, helllllllll no. You're a better mom than I.Jenn @ Something Clever 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/01286074881865297507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-65612197396527282012013-03-20T23:08:17.805-05:002013-03-20T23:08:17.805-05:00I went up there when I was visiting St. Louis Univ...I went up there when I was visiting St. Louis University. I had never had an issue with claustrophobia until that ride. Never ever again! Katiepoopensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10079761379782086756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-58320314576576110282013-03-20T22:44:21.576-05:002013-03-20T22:44:21.576-05:00Let's hear it for good husbands.Let's hear it for good husbands.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-13918644765491637942013-03-20T21:46:09.735-05:002013-03-20T21:46:09.735-05:00Never been to the Arch,but now I'd like to go!...Never been to the Arch,but now I'd like to go!Carolyn Watson-Dubischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17725352720472173179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-66595408818653002612013-03-20T21:44:31.141-05:002013-03-20T21:44:31.141-05:00The arch is pretty much a one and done type of dea...The arch is pretty much a one and done type of deal. It's cool as a kid not ao much as an adult. We live about 20 minutes away from the arch and I have not taken the kids up once, the one time I tried they had it shut down for some reason. But the concerts under the arch In The summer are awesome.Sorry kid, your mom doesn't play well with othershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952477771842984537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-28871761635676752242013-03-20T21:41:48.313-05:002013-03-20T21:41:48.313-05:00I went up in the Arch about 20 years ago with a co...I went up in the Arch about 20 years ago with a college friend who was living in St Louis at the time. I'll admit, I was a little anxious about the whole thing. It wasn't riding up in a little pod crammed full of people that bothered me. Nor that when we got up to the top, the only thing to look out of was those little slits of windows. You'd think that scenic view of East St Louis Illinois would have made it all worthwhile. But what did me in was that It was a windy day and I swear I could feel the Arch twisting in the wind. I tried to put the image of the Arch swaying out of my mind, but in the end, I told my friend I had to go back down. I ran to the front of the line, shoved people out of the way and got into the next pod going down. I heard about that for years after. Never ever again. <br /><br />You are going to need a vacation after the week you're having. Bet your kids think you are the best mom ever, though!Wendy at Taking the Long Way Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09934786207724059919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-22076925423328997212013-03-20T20:40:08.288-05:002013-03-20T20:40:08.288-05:00Oh, HELL to the NO. This is why I pack a valium w...Oh, HELL to the NO. This is why I pack a valium when I travel. In case someone I'm with insists on doing something INSANE like that. LOL<br />Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05813175607193063406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-63263880145127760332013-03-20T20:18:35.284-05:002013-03-20T20:18:35.284-05:00I think that you've got the theme for your nex...I think that you've got the theme for your next book started!<br />"Move Over - I Think I'm Gonna Hurl!: Stories of Family Trips in America"<br />Should be a best seller, based on this start!Raabsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03538734812021978679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-39186552070002635092013-03-20T20:08:00.791-05:002013-03-20T20:08:00.791-05:00Wow - I went up the Arch a zillion years ago - and...Wow - I went up the Arch a zillion years ago - and although I don't recall being at all traumatized, I honestly don't remember how I got up there ! Maybe I've just blanked the memory out - maybe it was so terrible I just chose to forget it ?? Hmmmm.Jenny P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15457758912446120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-35410762438048432812013-03-20T19:55:30.588-05:002013-03-20T19:55:30.588-05:00I love the elevator at the Arch -- it's like t...I love the elevator at the Arch -- it's like the egg pod from Mork and Mindy! Of course, I sadistically enjoy the discomfort of family members (my mom is terrified of heights, my husband's mom was a wreck...) St. Louis is awesome for free/cheap things to do with kids. I wish it were baseball season. I'd get you tickets to a Gateway Grizzlies game so you could try the Krispy Kreme donut burger -- baseball's best burger! (They also have killer cheesesteak nachos, which you probably shouldn't eat after all that working out.)Girl 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/17001322409530920262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984487997306130330.post-64936899672873793572013-03-20T19:00:30.447-05:002013-03-20T19:00:30.447-05:00We went when I was 10 (1991.) I remember them bein...We went when I was 10 (1991.) I remember them being white with a small window to see through. I actually thought being able to see out the window in the elevator was terrifying. Not sure how I'd handle it as an adult.Disney Redheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385617086299666708noreply@blogger.com