Stadium 11 - Busch (St Louis Cardinals)

After sweating profusely for the past month or so, it was nice to head north to old St Louis to see the Cardinals lose to the Phillies, 2-1, all scores resulting from home runs. Not that it was nice to see the Cardinals lose, exactly. We did, however, kick their butts in the '04 World Series in a lovely sweep. As for Busch Stadium - a wonderful view of the arch, cupholders on the seats, good sized seats, fairly expensive, interested crowd, obviously stadium-led cheers, great brick siding, and overall a great place to watch a ball game.
My father & I were fortunate enough to have my Aunt Judy join us in St. Louis for the two days we visited the city, and with her we went up into the famous arch and of course watched the ball game. We actually had to make two trips to the arch; the first day it was too crowded to take a ride to the top before the game, so we went back Sunday morning in the dreary weather. During the baseball game we were thoroughly entertained by a family sitting in front of us, who had a child we dubbed "the Changling". This child was possessed by something otherwordly, and we were fascinated by him. It may be one of those, you-had-to-be-there moments, but I took many pictures of him, and the most character lending are seen below.





Note: No flag for 2004!

The Changeling!!

The changeling in another form at our RV park...

Pa and his sis being silly!

Our home for the couple of days in St. Louis

Back to the arch...

View from the top!

My main man, Tommy Jefferson

Our little egg we took to the top

The architect designing the arch with his men.

And finally, on our way to Kansas City, we found this little gem.