{"id":213,"date":"2017-07-01T10:24:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T14:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/?p=213"},"modified":"2017-07-01T10:24:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T14:24:56","slug":"raining-in-cahokia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/2017\/07\/01\/raining-in-cahokia\/","title":{"rendered":"Raining in Cahokia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d102104.70383656422!2d-90.10547256664993!3d38.605297559768054!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x87d8ab52d79595af%3A0x30679191aa51caf6!2sCahokia+Mounds+State+Historic+Site!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1498861015891\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I had three priorities for our stay in St. Louis, (1) spending time with newfound cousin Susan, (2) visiting Cahokia and (3) visiting the Gateway Arch. We are doing well on priority one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cahokiamounds.org\/learn\/\">Cahokia<\/a> was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Mississippian-culture\">Mississippian Culture<\/a> city. The city was the largest settlement north of Mexico and had a peak population of around 20,000 people. All that is left of the city are some of the mounds. I have wanted to visit Cahokia since 1973 when I was in East St. Louis on business. Today was my first opportunity to make that visit. The dawned gray with occasional showers. The weather forecasters said that the rain\u00a0 probability would diminish by late morning. Surprise&#8230; they were wrong! Cousin Susan picked us up and we drove across the Mississippi to Cahokia. I got a few pictures that were a bit hazy because of the light rain and mist. When it looked like the rain had stopped, I started walking toward Monk&#8217;s Mound, the largest prehistoric earthen construction in the Americas, when the rain started coming down. I quickly returned to the Interpretive Center and finally gave up. I will try again tomorrow.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Artist-Rendition-of-Cahokia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Artist-Rendition-of-Cahokia-448x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Artist-Rendition-of-Cahokia-448x298.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Artist-Rendition-of-Cahokia-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Artist-Rendition-of-Cahokia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Artist-Rendition-of-Cahokia-894x596.jpg 894w, https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Artist-Rendition-of-Cahokia.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">a portion of an artist Rendition of Cahokia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Monks-Mound.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Monks-Mound-448x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Monks-Mound-448x298.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Monks-Mound-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Monks-Mound-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Monks-Mound-894x596.jpg 894w, https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Monks-Mound.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monk&#8217;s Mound is the largest mound in Cahokia. It is 100 feet high and 14 acres at its base.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mound-55.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mound-55-448x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mound-55-448x298.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mound-55-224x150.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mound-55-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mound-55-894x596.jpg 894w, https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mound-55.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A multi -level mound near the Interpretive Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We returned to St. Louis and had a late lunch at a barbecue restaurant, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pappyssmokehouse.com\/\">Pappy&#8217;s Smokehouse<\/a>. Great food, but expect to wait on line for a while. After lunch Susan drove us through Forest Park and then back to the hotel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219\" style=\"width: 397px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Two-Susans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Two-Susans-397x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Two-Susans-397x298.jpg 397w, https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Two-Susans-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Two-Susans-795x596.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Two-Susans.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Susans&#8230; we didn&#8217;t get the pig&#8217;s name<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the evening we drove to Susan&#8217;s home where the two Susans viewed pictures and documents about their shared ancestry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had three priorities for our stay in St. Louis, (1) spending time with newfound cousin Susan, (2) visiting Cahokia and (3) visiting the Gateway Arch. We are doing well on priority one. Cahokia was a Mississippian Culture city. The city was the largest settlement north of Mexico and had a peak population of around &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/2017\/07\/01\/raining-in-cahokia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Raining in Cahokia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15,16],"class_list":["post-213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summer2017","tag-cahokia","tag-st-louis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wiredtotheworld.net\/Travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}