Today I drove back to Ames after having a fun weekend down in St. Louis with Nolan and Eben. I took a half day off on Friday, and we left Ames a little after noon. We enjoyed a nice supper down at Sugarfire in Wentzville. Nolan and I split a combo plate that came with two meats and two sides. We chose brisket and ribs for out meats along with baked beans and mac & cheese for our sides. Dad ordered a 1/2 rack of ribs meal, with green beans and fries. After supper we checked into our hotel (Home2 suites by Hilton) in downtown St. Louis and just relaxed the rest of the evening.
Saturday was a busy day. After having breakfast at the hotel, we walked over to the City Museum. Nolan loved this place. We probably spent a good 4 hours there. It has all kinds of tunnels and fun spaces for kids to crawl around and explore. We also went to the "pinball hall", where we were able to play a bunch of pinball machines and old arcade games (Mrs. Pac-man, Galaga, etc). The City Museum was probably Nolan's favorite part of the trip. After that, we relaxed in the hotel for about an hour before heading over to the Gateway Arch. After taking some fun pictures of it, we did stop down at the museum underneath the arch. Nolan was not very impressed with the arch. He said something like "It's just a big curved line". We did not take the ride up to the top of the arch.
Finally, we walked from the Gateway Arch over to Busch Stadium, where we watched the Cardinals play against their rival, the Chicago Cubs. I was rooting for the Cubs, dad was rooting for the Cardinals, and Nolan was indifferent but kind of rooting for the Cubs (even though I had him wear a Cardinals shirt). Anyways, the Cubs dominated the game from the start, and they went on to win by a score of 9-1. Michael Busch hit a three-run homer for the Cubs, while Matt Shaw added a solo home run and an RBI triple. Colin Rea earned the win after pitching 6 innings and allowing only 1 run.
I believe this was the 10th regular season MLB game that I have attended. The previous games were:
This was the third different MLB stadium that I have taken dad and Nolan to (Minnesota and Kansas City were the others). I've also purchased Nolan a souvenir baseball at each of the stadiums for him to collect. I did ask Maxwell about a dozen times if he would want to come with us for the trip down to St. Louis, but he was adamant that he did not want to come.
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| Nolan and dad at the City Museum |
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| Nolan at the Gateway Arch |
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| Nolan and myself by our seats at the game. We sat in section 167, row 18, seats 1 through 3. |
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| We enjoyed hot dogs at the game, because I feel like you almost have to eat a hot dog when you are at the ballpark. |
