We found St. Louis to be a wonderful city. The town is very clean and we did not see any graffiti. Traffic was incredibly light even near the stadium on game day. Fans at the stadium were quite pleasant to us even though I was proudly wearing my Pirate shirt (see the picture below). I suppose the fact that the Cards took the Bucs down 3 times over the weekend allowed them to be quite magnanimous. But best of all in 35 innings of baseball (isn’t Patrice amazing) I did not see one beachball (Apparently that is a Dodger fan abomination).
Interesting side note to the game. It was the first time in Cardinal history that the team swept a 3 game series in which all the games went extra innings. It was the first time it happened in the majors since Cincinnati accomplished the feat in 1925. It was great to be a witness to history but I just wish the Pirates were on the opposite end of those 3 straight 1 run extra inning games. A St. Louis beer vendor was definitely enjoying his work (see the video below).
Enough about St. Louis now it is on to Memphis. Four hours down Highway 55 and we are now at the Peabody Hotel. For those of you who followed our Pseudo Freedom Trail Ride in 2014 you might remember we stayed here then. The hotel is incredibly luxurious. Our room is magnificent. They offered to upgrade us to the concierge level for a mere $250 extra per night. We decided to take a pass.
Our last night in St. Louis I had an incredible dream that included former NYC Major John Lindsay, Bruce Jenner, a Psychotic Homeless Man, Tomatoes, my dad and a half dollar. I got up early and wrote all about it. Patrice said it was interesting but didn’t have anything to do with travel. I agreed and wrote the above instead.
Until tomorrow when we visit,
Robert
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