Happy 4th!

Hope you all had a fun and safe holiday! Ours was definitely an adventure and a 4th to remember! Rick got free baseball tickets to the Cards versus the Cubs game in St. Louis. We waited last minute to get hotel reservations and unfortunately couldn't find a vacant hotel anywhere downtown. I called the Marriott about a month ago and they had a room about 8 miles from the Stadium so we took it! It actually turned out to be a great location. It was next to the Galleria Mall and just a block from the Metro Station. We checked in a little early and got a nice swim in before the game. We then headed to the Metro Station and grabbed a train to the Stadium. It was standing room only! We were only two stops from the Stadium when I realized I hadn't asked Rick if he had grabbed the tickets! He hadn't! So we hopped off the train and grabbed the next one headed back for the hotel. By the time Rick jogged back for the tickets and we got back on the train again headed for the Stadium it was even more packed! The motion really got to Rick along with the heat and obnoxious people so once again about two stops from the Stadium he had to get off! Well, we missed the first inning of the game but the weather was beautiful and we had a nice walk to the park. We were even able to sell our extra ticket along the way for some cash for drinks and food! It was a good game! The weather was perfect and even though we were pretty high up we had a great view of the arch! The Cards lost but we did get to see Pujols hit his 300th homerun! Well, at least Rick got to see it. I happened to be taking Gabi to the bathroom! The fireworks display over the arch was beautiful and we stayed a while after the game taking in the view. As we were leaving we were expecting to see a line at the Metro but not nearly as long as the one we encountered so instead we decided to take a walk and enjoy the night. We ended up at Union Station where they were showing a movie outside on a big screen so we sat down and watched for a while until Gabi just couldn't stay awake any longer. So we grabbed a cab and headed back to the hotel! So even though we had a few minor bumps in the road we had fun!