Here is a daytime photo of our campsite in St. Louis.
Yesterday we took advantage of the cooler weather yesterday and we went to Grant's Farm and to Grant's home. Grant's Home is a National Park Historical Site and is one of Ulysses S. Grant's many homes.
These photos show Winter Haven which was the home of Ulysses's wife's parents and was where the two met.
He owned 90 acres here which was eventually purchase by August Bush in 1904. The Bush family owns 281 acres which is now named Grant's Farm (http://www.grantsfarm.com) and is a combination zoo and animal park. There is a parking fee but admission is free. At the far end of the parking lot are the stables of the famous Clydesdales - this is what I (Nada) wanted to come see! This is not the main stable for breeding - that is at Warm Springs Farm in Booneville, MO (http://www.warmspringsranch.com). We had our photo taken with one of the retired Clydesdales named Luke.
From the other end of the parking lot, a tram takes you from the parking lot through a fenced deer park where there are all kinds of deer, elk, cattle, bison, wild horses, turkeys, etc. free to roam the many acres. There is a replica of the first home Grant built here. Grant's wife named the home "Hardscrabble" - she didn't really like it and when her mother died the Grants moved into Winter Haven.
The fence that surrounds the deer park (which can be seen in this photo) the Bush's had made from the Civil War rifle barrels.
After the ride through the deer park, the tram stops for everyone to disembark and walk through the zoo section where you are free to walk among the exhibits.
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