View of downtown St. Louis from the entrance to my hotel
My flight from Chicago arrived on time, and I took the Metrolink (light rail) from the airport to Union Station in downtown St. Louis. From there I walked a few blocks to my hotel. The weather was nice and spring-like today - sunny and warm (for January). My hotel room wasn't ready yet when I got there (which I kind of expected since it was not even 1pm) so I had them store my luggage while I walked back to Union Station to grab some lunch and buy a few souvenir trinkets for the family. :-)
St. Louis Union Station
Around this time the back of my left ankle started hurting from the new boots I was wearing. I should have brought a second pair of shoes but I when I first put my boots on this morning they felt fine. Doh! Anyway, after I went back to the hotel and checked in I put a second sock on my left foot for extra padding which helped a little. Hopefully the boots will feel more "broken in" tomorrow.
After a short nap, I headed back to Union Station for dinner before making my way to Savvis Center to watch the ladies' short program event at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. I called my friend Erik from Texas who was also in town attending the championships and found out where he was sitting. During the zamboni break, I moved from my original seat in the nosebleed section down to where he and his friends were seated (lower bowl, much closer to the ice). The action felt much more intense from there. I've always been in awe of what figure skaters can do on the ice on those skinny blades! This is the biggest skating competition I've ever been to and I enjoyed tonight's event even though a lot of the skaters had mistakes. I'm looking forward to watching all the senior-level long program events tomorrow and Saturday.
Kimmie Meissner skates her short program
Tomorrow I plan to sleep in :-) then meet up with my enginerd friend Diane for lunch, before heading back over to Savvis Center. The weather is supposed to be cooler and rainy tomorrow. I'm glad I brought my umbrella!
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