Baseball is the name of the game!

June 11 – The reason we stayed on the road late yesterday was to make our destination today in 2 hours.  We were headed to Cahokia, IL, which is directly across the Mississippi River from St. Louis.  Cahokia RV Parque is not a top choice by any means, but we stayed here several years ago and it has the best location for going to St. Louis and other campgrounds are pretty far out from the city.  We had tickets to see the Cardinals play the Phillies this afternoon at 1.  So we ate microwavable Jimmy Dean breakfasts (never again), and arrived in Cahokia at 10:30.  We had a pull thru space waiting, unhooked the car, hooked up the electric and water, settled Molly in for the day and headed out.

Bill and Stan

We drove about 4 miles to the metro next to a casino, still on the east side of the river, parked for free and took the metro to right in front of the stadium for a total of $7.50 for the 2 of us, round trip.  No parking worries, no getting lost (in a bad neighborhood), no stress!  Bill had booked the tickets and I didn’t know where they were but we were in right field in the second row.  Great seats EXCEPT it was hotter than the blazes out!  He claims I tell him not to buy such expensive tickets, but I would have sprung for shade

Busch Stadium

today!  He had checked the website about what we could bring in as far as food and drinks.  I took our little softsided bag with 2 bottles of water, 3 small bottles of soda and 2 zip-lock bags of ice.  In my tote I had a can of Pringles and 2 snack bars.  I am SO glad we took enough to drink as water was $5.50 for a 20 ounce bottle and I didn’t even check what soda was.  Oh, they confiscated the plastic cup I took to use with our ice and soda.  When I went to get our lunch ($9.25 for nachos and $14.75 for a brat and fries), I asked for a small cup and got it!  10 ounce beers were $9.  Glad Bill’s not a drinker!

What a view!

We did enjoy the game but only lasted through 6 innings.  I was burnt through my shorts on the tops of my legs.  Unbelievable!  The nice lady behind us had a hand fan and she would periodically fan us from behind which was so nice.  As we walked down to leave I started feeling sick and told Bill I needed it sit and kind of was about to plop down and an employee saw I was in a bit of  distress and took me to some chairs they had by the exit.  My face was beet red and a lady working the exit went and got me a cloth of ice and I sat for a while and got my temp somewhat back to normal.  She was so nice and seemed very concerned.  She asked if I needed additional attention and when we were leaving she asked if I wanted an ice pack to take with me.  Of course I’ve had a gallon to drink since we left and will be up in the bathroom all night, but am fine (just burnt).  I know better but we left in such a hurry I didn’t think about sunscreen or a hat even. Oh, and the Cardinals were leading when we left!

We zipped back to the metro and our car was waiting for us.  At the RV we re-hydrated AFTER we both got showers.  That made me feel 100% better!  Then I put in 2 loads of laundry and Bill washed the bugs off the front of the RV.

I made red beans and rice to go with my brat tonight and I made slaw for Bill with his hotlink and burger and tomato.  Shortly we’ll have a bit of sweet and call it a day.