First Day in St. Louis

It’s about 9:30pm here in lovely St. Louis, Missouri. It’s been quite a long day, but overall, not too bad. We had to leave Radford at about 3:30 this morning and drive down to Greensboro, NC to catch our 7:40am flight. We flew from Greensboro to Atlanta then on to St. Louis. After a brief scare at baggage claim (it took waaaaaay too long for our luggage to appear) and some issues with our university issued credit card, we were on a shuttle on our way to the hotel. Downtown St. Louis is hoppin’…what with the World Series being played here and all. Our hotel, the swanky Adam’s Mark St. Louis, is literally on top of the St. Louis arch and the stadium where the series is being played. The hotel itself is goooorgeous… and packed.

The atmosphere here is simply electric! Cardinals fans are out in force to support their beloved team and you can just feel the excitement. Even though its ice cold, windy, and raining, we simply had to venture out to get some photos of the stadium. It was incredible! We walked right up to it and as you can see, got a few photos. At the time, the game was on rain delay, but as of about 9 ish, it got canceled. After a few photos of the stadium, Rob, Mike, Ashleigh and myself found a TGI Friday’s and had some yummy dessert. Between us we tried Vanilla Bean cheesecake, Some sort of massively gooey chocolate cake thing, and a brownie with ice cream and caramel sauce….mmmmm…

I’m sure they’ll be some hanging out this evening, then much sleep to catch up on…then we’ll start attending conference sessions at the National College Media Conference – the real reason we’re here.

More to come I’m sure, but for now, enjoy the photos!