Had another Groupon that was going to go to waste if I didn't use it. Plus I got four souvenir bags with it free. I need more bags. I don't leave the ones I have enough in the car when going into the store:/ The Lewis and Clark Confluence tower was only about 30 minutes away so we hit two attractions in one day! It's really a simple tour. They take you up and you look at the two rivers converging. It was worth the four bucks and has a nice little interpretive trail around the center.
The tower has three levels. They didn't take us on the 50 foot level because she said all we would see would be the levee. I think it was more.. I want to get you people out of here because it's almost time for me to go home. It would have been nice to have the option to see a wall of dirt but we did come at the end of the day sooo.... The 100 foot platform had all sorts of information about the rivers and gave a panoramic view of not only the river but the water tower at SIUE and Pierre Marquette State Park as well as the refineries and packing plants that helped finish building and staffing the tower. 
The most interesting part for me though was when she pointed out the monument in the river. See that black speck in front of the trees where the two rivers meet? That'd be a monument. You can walk out there and put one foot in the Mississippi and one in the Missouri! How cool is that? Why yes.... I do believe I'll do that next weekend:0)
The guide then explained why there are two colors here. We always think of the Muddy Mississippi. Well....turns out the Missouri is a much swifter river so it carries more silt. The dark part of the river is the MISSOURI river.. The lighter is the Mississippi. Interesting.... very interesting.. and that's pretty much it for the tour. You go up .. you come down. It's 4 bucks a person which isn't horrible and it's worth the view. Make sure you go on a warm calm day because the higher you go the more wicked that wind blows!
Until next time:)
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