We used to go to the opener every year, wouldnât miss it. Itâs a social deal, I get it.
We would get there at 4 - 4:30 in the morning and get on the downstream side of the Mainbridge at Bennett Springs.
About 15 minutes before the whistle was going to blow the place was packed and all lined up around that hole under the bridge. Two guys in suits walk down to us and asked if the great governor of Missouri could slide in between us. We all just stared at them then my buddy says, he shoulda got up earlier if he wanted this spot. Everyone burst out laughing and the fine governor slipped in above the bridge.
Teasdale I think.