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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Reviewing Veterans Tribute Park

Last week I visited a park that was new to me. It opened in October 2018. It is located on Kisker Drive in Weldon Springs Missouri. It is an 120 acre park with lots of wonderful features.

Park Features

The park is loaded with features for every age group. They include:

Two Lakes where you can enjoy a nice stroll or go fishing.
A Dog Park
Playground
A Great Trail System for those who like to hike.
Storybook Walk This trail is designed for parents and kids who love to read. Book pages are posted at various stations along the trail, so you can read a book while you take a walk.
Picnic Shelters

In addition, it has two of my favorite features- the Veterans Memorial Plaza and flowers which I will tell you about in more detail in the sections below.

Veterans Memorial Plaza

Veterans Memorial Plaza is a beautiful area that honors Veterans from the St. Charles County area that have given the ultimate sacrifice. It includes a beautiful walk lined with flowers that lead to the Tribute Wall. The tribute wall is a curved stoned wall engraved with names and has waterfalling over the wall. After you see the wall, the walk continues up a slight incline and has stops from each of the conflicts from 1812 to the present day. Each stop features a board that describes the conflict and, on the walk, in front of the board is a star on the sidewalk with the names of those residents of the county that died in that conflict. It is a very moving feature of the park.

Lots of Beautiful Spring Flowers

I visited the park in early May and there were lots of beautiful flowers that lined the walkway to the Veterans Tribute.

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

Discover St. Charles in the Fall

One of my favorite places to visit, is a town that is only a few miles away from me. It is historic St. Charles Mo. It has a very vibrant Main Street that attracts visitors all year long. I have written about this area several times in the past and I will include those links later in this article. Today I want to review with you some of the photographs I took on a beautiful fall day in October 2022. First of all, here is a photo I took telling a little bit about the history of the area.

Main Street in the Fall

Main street is a wonderful area with cobblestone streets and sidewalks and lots of delightful little shops and restaurants. In the fall the shopkeepers do a wonderful job of decorating for the season. We saw lots of pumpkin displays, colorful leaves and some very imaginative displays. Here are a couple of the photos I took on Main Street.

Halloween Decorations and Activities

Halloween is a fun time on Main Street. There are a variety of activities for all ages and the shopkeepers have some wonderful displays for the holiday.

haunted history trail sign in St Charles, MO

You can click on the QR code in the above photo to find out about the Legends & Lanterns tours that take place on Main Street.

hay-stuffed skeleton scarecrows sitting on haybales

These fun characters are motion activated and you can hear them talk and sing when you pass by. Below you see some of the decorations around the gazebo, which is a gathering place in the middle of Main Street.

The Riverfront Area

A block down from Main Street is the Missouri river. This area has a wonderful park that provides some great trails and walks along the river. There is an old train station, and you can see some train cars on the tracks.