St. Louis

I drove through Indiana. I don't know what Hoosiers are, but apparently they are prevalent in Indiana. I had a great idea for the Indiana University bookstore. Colleges sells stuff to parents like a hat with "Notre Dame Dad" or a shirt with "USC Mom". Here's my idea - how about IU puts "Hoosier Daddy?" on their stuff. There's a chance they've already come up with that, but if not, feel free to use it.

I was just passing through Southern Indiana (warning - desolate) on my way to St. Louis. About 10 miles away you come to a bend in the freeway and you see a McDonald's golden arches and right behind it, for the first time, you see the St. Louis arch. I find that very cool. By the way, if St. Louis is ever on the verge of bankruptcy, here is a fundraising thought. I bet McDonalds' would pay big money each year if St. Louis would just build another arch and paint them both yellow. I am overflowing with great ideas today.

I thought I had seen all there was to see in St. Louis already. How wrong I was. I  visited the St. Louis Cardinals' stadium. There was no game, but I went into the gift shop. I went from there to the old courthouse where the original Dred Scott case was heard. It was filled with historical displays and was very cool. Its about 5 blocks from the stadium and is right in front of the big arch.

Just two blocks before I got there I happened to see a sign on the corner of a building. It said that street corner is where the Indian chief, Pontiac, was buried.
I know white people and Indians did not exactly get along, but it seems like we could have arranged a reburial instead of just paving over him. I'm just sayin'.

I was also on "Historic" Route 66. I'm not sure what makes it historic since it looked somewhat similar to every other road I've ever been on, but whatever.

But, maybe the highlight of the trip was the tie I got. My daughter had gone to Stan Musial's estate sale a few months earlier. Stan the Man was a Cardinal and one of the greatest baseball players ever. He had the third most hits in baseball history. Pete Rose had 4,256; Ty Cobb 4,191; and Stan 3,630. I didn't look those numbers up, but I'm pretty sure I'm right. Anyway, she got me one of Stan's ties. It would usually freak me out a little to wear a dead person's clothes, but I learn to deal with it.