I just found out that "A social media application to be unveiled soon will share facts about each location, give cake hunters a chance to share a comment or a picture and allow “check ins” for a sweepstakes featuring great St. Louis prizes." from the stl250 website. I am on their email list so maybe I'll be notified when it will take effect.
Today I thought I would go to some local places that are on the list. The closest location near me is the Ferguson Depot. It's where the Norfolk-Southern freight line can roll past the Whistle Stop as many as 20 times a day. I didn't see any trains go by nor did I see any cake.
Next nearest location, the Chain of Rocks Bridge. That place looked like no one has been there since the last eagle, that was last month. Ugh!
I will say the weather hasn't been the greatest for the roll out of these cakes. And after re-reading the stl250 website I see, "Installation of all of the Cakes is underway - visit back often for an update on which cakes have been installed and are ready for a visit!" In the past 2 days I have visited their website very often and I think they sneak information on there after I leave it.
After feeling a bit disappointed, we decided to go down to the Missouri History Museum. They were having a 3 day birthday celebration with activities for the whole family. The exhibit, which runs through next year, is 250/250; 50 People, 50 Places, 50 Images, 50 Moments, and 50 Objects was free.
As we circled the museum looking for a parking space, we saw no cake. We asked several staff/volunteers where the cake was, only to be directed to a table with cake, cupcakes to decorate. No one knew anything about the cake. We walked through the exhibit, grabbed a free soda and decided to leave, again unfulfilling a goal for the third time of the day.
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| Rich in front of the Weiner Mobile |
We headed back to the car, trudging through the ice covered sidewalk, thinking the day wasn't a total loss, we saw the Weiner Mobile. We circled the museum one last time, and then...there it was just being delivered, the CAKE.
Rich pulled up in front of the cake. I jumped out of the car to take pictures. As I was taking pictures lots of families were passing by. No one turning a head to look at the cake. I was standing there yelling inside my head, PEOPLE HERE IS THE CAKE, LOOK AT THE CAKE.
At least the day wasn't a total lost.
Cake artist - Thomas Sleet
One down 249 to go.
