Howdy from St. Louis, Missouri … Rolled in here around 5 or so on Tuesday afternoon (I’m in the Central Time Zone now, so I’m an hour behind; my body clock is all screwed up) and decided to take in a baseball game at the new Busch Stadium – Cardinals vs. Tigers in an interleague game. Score one for the home team: St. Louis 11, Detroit 2.

Check out my seat there on the left … section 253, row 6, seat 9, just above home plate. It was a Red Bird Club ticket (clever), which got me a seat and access to a restaurant/bar area and private bathrooms. Sweet. And thanks to my trusty AAA card, I got $10 off the face price.

Gorgeous stadium (LOVE the St. Louis Arch in the background; that’s way cool), located right downtown. Had to pay $15 to park in a garage, but it was right across the street from the stadium.

Took a couple of innings and walked around the place – very spacious and very cool. Plenty to do and plenty of good angles to watch the game.

It was hot as all get-out, and I didn’t enjoy that very much. But I got to see Albert Pujols hit a home run, so that was pretty cool. Every fan (young and old) in the stadium wears an Albert Pujols t-shirt, by the way. No Chris Duncan. No Joe Thurston. No Ryan Franklin. Just Albert Pujols t-shirts. That’s it.

Set up shop on the outskirts of St. Louis, and planning a drive-day on Wednesday; hoping to get to Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle. Goal is Vegas by like Friday.

I am posting short video clips of my trip on my Facebook page. If you really, really, really want to see those, go to Facebook.com, search Jeff Reinhart and send me a friend request.

More later.