We got to the arch and the real star at the arch was the height of the Mussissippi river.  We were planning to park on a parking lot along side the river.  We got there and it was underwater.  We actually had to park in a towaway zone with everyone else because there was no other parking.  We walked around the grounds arpund the arch.  We also contacted Ben.  We knew he was coming to St Louis but we werent sure when.  Turns out he flys in the Sunday at 1 pm.  So we decided to stay another day in St Louis and spend Sunday afternoon with him.  Found found a Great RV park locted pretty much downtown St Louis.  As soon as we pulled up to the office door of the rv park it started to rain again.  We got our spot and it rained and lightning the whole night again.  Miraculously the rain stopped the next day at 1pm just an hourbefore Ben showed up.  He got there at 2 pm and we were off to some bbq joint he had been to when he was in St Louis begore.  The Uber driver was wonderful and gave us a tour.  The area around the restaurant was very run down.  It was amazing that there were these BEAUTIFUL old homes which had been abandonded for years.  It was heartbreaking to see these beautiful homes going to wadte like that.  The bbq restaurant was amazing and after the meal we walked some of the neighborhoods around the redtaurant and caught the metro to the rv park.  We took ben to his airbnb and had a late snack before hugs and it was time for us to move on down the road amd Nem get ready for a week of visiting the St Louis Federal Reserve.