St. Louis

We went up to St. Louis last weekend to catch a Cardinal's game. Grandpa Wayne took us and we had a lot of fun. We were kind of nervous for awhile because the Braves led 3-0 throughout the first half of the game but the Cards finally came through in the 5th and ended up winning 5-4. Our seats were in left field so we were right behind Chris Duncan the whole time, which was very exciting. We tried yelling his name to get his attention but he didn't turn around. Eli checked out for awhile, napping from the 4th-8th innings but he came alive during the 9th to watch the Cards star closing pitcher Izzy finish off the game. All in all, the stadium is really nice and we all had a really fun time.

Sunday we went for breakfast with Wayne and Helen at a cool little restaurant in Soulard. Then we took off back downtown to go up in the arch. The Cardinals were playing an afternoon game at 1:00 and we toyed with the idea of going , but since Duncan had never been up in the arch we went ahead and did that. Personally, I was not planning on going up, due to fear of heights, falling, and small enclosed places with no way out. But of course, little intuitive Duncan could smell my fear and he started having second thoughts about going up. So, after a little guilt, and not a small number of threats from Joe, I decided to buck up and go.

Once we were up the boys were excited about all of the views to be seen. We could see the stadium (with the game going on), the old courthouse, big hotels with swimming pools on the roofs, the river, and Joe saw the Admiral. They kept going from one side to the other, taking it all in. At one point, Duncan said to me,"This arch isn't half bad!".

In the pod

Looking out

Cardinals beat the Braves 4-1

I remember going up in the arch when I was little, with Mom and Grandpa Sedovic (and Julie??). I remarked to Joe that from what I could recollect, the whole experience was just the same as it was some 30 years ago. I was glad that I had decided to go up, though I'm not in a big hurry to be doing it again soon.