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Covering up a great view
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Five kids, under the age of ten. I booked a room for a very special vacation to see St. Louis, the Arch, and a Cardinal’s game. The desk clerk gave us an upper floor room with, as he put it, tremendous views of Busch Stadium. As I opened the door and the kids saw the view, they went running to the window. My wife envisioned them actually pushing the window out and falling to their deaths (she had a fear of heights), so made them back away from the window and had me stack whatever furniture that could be moved, as well as our luggage, to block the window - and the tremendous view! By the way, we also didn’t look out the windows at the top of the Arch! Great memories we still laugh about!
Date
1987-06-18
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Ronn Read
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