I feel terrible for not sharing Cameron’s big trip to Jefferson City until now… But here’s the scoop.
We were in town for an appointment so I figured we should stop by the State Capitol to see how state government works. Cam’s been really interested in politics since the presidential election. So he was very excited to see how things work in our state. We met up with a former student who now works for the state house communications department. He told Cam about the history of the building and let him visit the press area in the house chambers. He also took him into the senate chambers (which is smaller and doesn’t actually have a specific portion of the room exclusive to the media). Cameron was impressed and excited to see the huge building. To add to the excitement, a person I talk to on Twitter read how we were in the building… And he had a key to portions of the building you can’t easily see: the top of the dome!

He took us up to the top of the Whispering Gallery – it’s a balcony that spans the inside of the dome. When you whisper on one side, a person standing across from you can hear everything you say. Cam thought that was really cool. Then it got more exciting. We talked Cam into walking up a TON of stairs to get to the highest accessible point of the building. We got to see all of the views of Jefferson City from the very top. Cam wasn’t scared – the only thing that spooked him a bit was the last bit of stairs. He’s clearly much less afraid of heights than I am!

We almost immediately took the pictures we took to Walgreens and printed out photos to bring to school the next day. Cameron was able to bring the photos and tell everyone about his awesome experience. He now tells me he thinks Jefferson City is the coolest place in the whole world.