# 5 - Paddleboat in Forest Park

One of my favorite things about St. Louis is Forest Park.  (Read about it here)  It houses main St. Louis attractions like the zoo, history and art museums, science center, and skating rink.  Not to mention the acres and acres of paths, hills, and water features; it's beautiful.  Forest Park is also home to the Boathouse, a restaurant and boat rental facility.  It sits on a lake and you can rent paddleboats or kayaks for $15 an hour.

I took the day off of work so that my husband and I could have a date day since we weren't able to spend Easter together.  We were originally going to take a trolley tour of St. Louis but I didn't plan it well enough to know that they don't do tours on Mondays. Anyway, it was going to be a gorgeous day in St. Louis so I really wanted to do something outside, also preferably doing something I could cross off my list.  So paddleboating it was.  We got there within half an hour of them opening.  It wasn't too warm yet and there wasn't a line.  We paddled out to the Grand Basin and then headed back.  It took us the full hour to get back, including a couple of breaks-paddling is tough!  It was a good, unexpected workout.  Afterwards, we had lunch outside at their restaurant.  The food was so good!

I am so glad we did this today.  The weather was gorgeous and the views while paddleboating were breathtaking.  It really made me even more thankful to live in a place that offers us these activities.  I would encourage everyone to do this at least once!