While we'll be in St. Louis for nearly 5 days for the Junior Gold National Championships, we're actually flying in to Chicago and making the drive down. While I'm futzing around today online, I realize there's not only a Six Flags park in St. Louis, but another one in Chicago. I need to talk to the boys we're traveling with, and see if they want to hit another ball park or another amusement park.
The opening ceremonies for Junior Gold will be held at Busch Stadium, so I get to add to my very small but growing ball park count. Last time we were in the Midwest bowling the Hoinke, we saw the Cards play the Reds in 2001. And we hit Cedar Point in Sandusky. Now we get to see the Cards play at home. Unfortunately, while we could feasibly add 3 ball parks to our count this summer, with the All Star Game there, and the fact we have to be at the registration hotel by 5 pm Saturday, the chances of seeing the Cubs are slim and none (they don't play at home the weekend we return to Chicago). But depending on how the boys do, we could be done in St. Louis by Wednesday evening, and leave early Thursday morning for Chi-town.
That leaves us plenty of time for a trip to the Six Flags park there (Great America) and either the Thursday night or Friday night White Sox game. I'm not gonna get all anal and go out of my way to experience every amusement park within hours of every jaunt I make, but at 35, I'm realizing I've got more roller coastering behind me than in front of me, and I would like to hit a few of the parks before I'm left with the purses and strollers.
And of course, if the guys do really great, we might have to stick around longer in St. Louis, which is fine too. That's why we are making the trek and it's the experience of a lifetime.
I'm really getting excited waiting for the announcement of next year's Gold site, but in the meantime, I'm also thinking about the possibilities of Reno in October. Baseball is out by then, but with any luck there are a few amusement parks up the coast we could hit near San Francisco.
Posted by Angel Zobel-Rodriguez at June 17, 2003 10:18 PM