Cards Win! Cards Win!

For the Fourth of July, The Girlfriend and I decided to drive to St. Louis and take in a baseball game. They played the hated Cubs this weekend in a three game series. We had tickets to Saturday's game and let me tell you, it was quite possibly the best baseball game I have ever seen. We got to St. Louis about 1 p.m. and went to park at the hotel. I know my new FJ sits kinda high, but I didn't really take into account the roof rack. I parked in the garage and as I pulled into the space we heard a loud "KATHUNK" and the truck shuddered. Apparently there was a low hanging concrete beam that I hadn't noticed. Here are what the results look like.

I now have nice little white racing stripes on the top of my black roof rack. Oh well.

The game started about three, The Girlfriend found us great seats in the shade although it wasn't really necessary since the temp only got to about 82. It was pretty slow until the later innings with Chicago pretty much in control. Then, behind 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two outs, Rick Ankiel slaps a 2 run single and the Cards win! A great day at the ballpark.

Afterwards, we ate at Charlie Gitto's Pasta house (I will let The Girlfriend tell you about it) and walked over to the Arch. She couldn't remember going up as a little girl so we decided to give it a try. Unfortunately it was sold out, but there was a huge crowd forming underneath it and when she asked a park ranger, they said there was a fireworks show (even though it was now the 5th). So we sat down at the steps of the Arch and watched as a barge was pushed up the Mississippi and then we were treated to a twenty or thirty minute fireworks display. It all topped off a great day.