A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight in St. Louis.

Since the last post we have traveled from Vicksburg through Memphis (Nothing like Egypt) and now find ourselves in St.Louis. The torrential rain which had followed us through the South has now left us, though it did rain in Memphis but it didn't have its heart in it unlike New Orleans, Asheville and Vicksburg.

 Nothing much to report from the two traveling days, there's only so much cars, roads and signs you can photograpth. However left is the state line and the right yet more road signs.



We did however eventually arrive in St.Louis where a mean 102 Degrees met us there with the full might of its blast. The outside temp gauge of the Toyota climbed from 82 degrees to 102  degrees in the space of about 40 miles (64 Km) with no rain in sight.

 There was a night game starting at 7.05 pm which we attended. We had chosen the Hotel which is a Sheraton because of its closeness to St.Louis's light rail system which takes you right to the Baseball Field "Busch Stadium" for the Princely sum of $4.50 return. We cover 9 stations and we are there and it takes about 15 minutes on the 3 car tram-like train.

Thankfully the cars are very well airconditioned because it was about 102 still when we arrived at the ground. Jim took off into the merchandising shop and that was the last I saw of him for over a hour. This didn't mater all that much as we had over a hour and a half till game time. Thankfully for me the seats we had brought were shaded and so while the air was hot we were not in direct sunlight.

 As can be seen from these shots the field is fairly modern and built to simulate an old fashioned Ball Park.

A crowd of 42,000 went last night and thats not a sell out by any means. Unfortunately the Cardinals went down to the Dodgers 7 - 5 but both teams are pretty close and I expect a closer result tonight as both sides have arguerably their best pitches starting the game.

Here the Dodgers are taking batting practice before the game.







Today we also went shopping for Lois and finally got her 5 quart mixing bowl and paddle that I've been chasing over six states with no luck until now. Tommorow I'll organise with FED-EX to ship it home.

We also took a tour of  Busch Stadium and got to stand behind Home plate. The tour lasted one hour and was well worth it as we not only got to go onto the warning track but into the Cardinals Dug out.

As you can see Jim got to sit in his beloved Cardinals Dugout.


Tonight we are off to Game 2 of the series against the Dodgers and once more expect a hot time in the old town. we have different seats each night so that we can appreciate the ground from different areas. Last night we were along 3rd base line. Tonight we are more behind home plate than last night.


Will Probably post soon.

Cheers Neil.