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Carlos spent all of last summer in Jefferson City, Missouri. He had never been there before and had little expectation of what his summer would be like. His parents were separating and his grandmother invited him to stay with her while his parents made some adjustments and his father moved out. They didn’t wish to keep this from him and were very upfront with their son about most things, but they agreed with his grandmother that it would be nice for Carlos to get away from all of the chaos and it would be great for them to get to spend the summer together. He and his grandmother were extremely close when Carlos was small and then she moved back to Missouri, which is where she had been from.

The only thing he knew about the city before visiting it was that it was named after Thomas Jefferson and that it was his grandmother’s hometown. He was excited to spend the time with her, though he was a little shy at first, not having seen her in almost a year. However, the distance and time quickly melted away and the two of them started talking about baseball, which was a love they had always shared. And although Carlos grew up in Tennessee, his grandmother taught him from an early age to be a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals.

That summer she had a special treat planned for the two of them and she didn’t tell Carlos what exactly it was until it was time for them to head out. His grandmother had gotten tickets for the two of them to attend a Cardinals game at Busch Stadium and Carlos was absolutely enthralled. It was just over a two-hour drive to St. Louis so they left the day before the game and spent the night in one of the Missouri hotels they found in the city. They spent time exploring the shops in Laclede’s Landing and had dinner in one of the restaurants that offered a great view of the Gateway Arch. The next day they explored more sights of St. Louise and then had a great time at the ball game.

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