St. Louis baseball and some history

Summer vacation recap: Kansas City, Royals game, race and road trip ... 

The reason for our visit to St. Louis: Busch Stadium - Cardinals vs. Padres:

Nice seats!

The stadium was very nice, modern and urban - and it actually had several real vegetarian food options.

Mom used Hotwire and got us a great deal on a hotel just 1 block from the park. See the round building just to the right of the arch? That's The Millenium!

The view from our hotel room - nice!

They had the world's oldest treadmills. Still, they were smooth, and I ran 6 miles one day and 7 the next while watching HGTV.

Just two blocks away was the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, including the arch, big park and old courthouse.

The Dred Scott slave case was heard in the courthouse.

An impressive museum and memorial to slave history and the westward expansion of the United States.

Rotunda:

Thanks, Mom and Dad, for taking us on another fun (HOT!) family trip to see baseball and get educated on different parts of our country's history :)