April 21: Forest Park

April 21 found us with a day off school and we decided to spend it finding as many cakes as we could in the Forest Park and Delmar areas. Our circle took us to 21 cakes that day.

St. Louis Zoo

We arrived at the zoo just in time to get free parking and free entrance into Caribbean Cove. Alex wanted a chance to pet the sting rays and sharks. 

After visiting the sting rays, we headed up the hill to the Primate House. Here we found some sleeping lemurs. 

Then we headed up to Red Rocks to check out the cats.
It was a misty day and the cats were fairly active. The tiger was wandering all over his area.

We didn't stay long at the zoo as it was raining and we wanted to be sure we had time to see some more cakes before the predicted storms.  After we left the zoo, we circled the park and found all the cakes we knew about at the time. 

Missouri History Museum

This cake has since been moved to Forest Park Forever. We will have to go back and take a picture of the cake that is now at the History Museum.

Another side of the History Museum Cake

Top of History cake.

Jewel Box

It had been a long, cold and snowy winter and we enjoyed taking pictures of the gorgeous blooms we found along the way.

The Muny

1904 World's Fair Pavilion

As we approached the World's Fair Pavilion, we came about a slew of  emergency equipment including K9 dogs and a HazMat vehicle. Hmmm, very curious. We never did find out what they were up to!

The St. Louis Art Museum

Steingberg Skating Rink

After the skating rink, eveyone was quite hungry, so we decided to pass up the nearby hospital complex cakes and take a lunch break before hunting more cakes. We will cover those in another post. 

April 20, Resurrection Sunday: Ft. Zumwalt Cake

Resurrection Sunday dawned bright and early for us with a Sunrise Service at 370 Lakeside park. This has become a loved tradition for our family. Beautiful setting, close to home. A personalized service that I created, melding several traditions that I like. 

After lunch, we headed out to get one cake in O'Fallon. Alex had actually seen this cake before. It was the first cake she spotted. Her class at Lewis and Clark Career Center had a field trip to the park to work on the landscaping and she actually worked around the trees next to this cake. 

Fort Zumwalt Park

Back of cake. You can see one of the trees Alex worked on. 

April 19: St. Charles Cakes

 On April 19, the whole family ventured out on our first official cake hunt. We visited the sites of all the St. Charles/St. Peters cakes. We started at the Courthouse. This cake has a lot of detail.

St. Charles County Courthouse

 Then we ventured over a few blocks to the Shrine of St. Rose Philippine Duschesne.

Shrine of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne

Next we headed over to the Missouri First Capital. We have had some fun visits to this site in the past. The tour of the building is interesting and we have also been to fun children's festivals on the lawn.

First Capital of Missouri

The other view of the Capital cake. 

 On our walk from the capital to the boathouse, we stopped to visit Lewis, Clark and their dog Seaman.

At the Lewis and Clark Statute on the Missouri River front

 Last stop on the river, Lewis and Clark Boathouse and Nature Center. This is a fun place to tour.

Lewis and Clark Boathouse

Lewis and Clark Boathouse

We left the river front and headed over to my other alma mater, Lindenwood. I finished out my college days here with a degree in Elementary Education. This campus has also changed quite a bit since my days as a student.

Lindenwood University

 The cake at the Heritage Museum is very pretty. This is a museum that is on my list of places to tour, but we have not yet gotten to that yet. We must do that soon!

St. Charles County Heritage Museum

Last stop. Katy Trail.

Centennial Greenway/Katy Trail

You can see the 364 bridge in the background of this picture.