Today we decided to check out Bee Tree Park in southern St. Louis County. The land that is now Bee Tree County Park was previously owned by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company founder, Eugene Nims, who built a mansion in 1929 and used it as a weekend retreat. The house, designed by the foremost St. Louis architectural firm at the time, Maritz & Young, is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. It was Nims who established the extensive gardens.
The park is located on the banks of the Mississippi River, so our plan was to walk to the scenic overlook and then go to the playground for an hour or so, but we decided to hike the trail and by the time we got to the playground it was raining. I was expecting some pouty kids, but they didn't seem to mind - in fact they liked the walk through the woods.
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I see a picture that mom may painting with Adam and Emily walking down the path?
DAD
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