We are staying in a campground in the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park so we took the Metra (train) into the city and then took the CTA (subway or L as they call it) to the game. It was a picture perfect day for a ballgame. It started out as a great game for the […]
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Game 16 – Miller Park
June 18th – Before the game we went to the Miller Brewery and took their tour. After the tour we enjoyed our first sample of beer in the Miller Inn and enjoyed a nice visit with some other baseball fans from Texas. As we crossed the street to the outdoor Beer Garden where we would […]
Game 17
US Cellular Field Chicago, Illinois Team R H E Florida Marlins 5 6 2 Chicago White Sox 4 11 0 Highlights It looked like Jon Garland was on his way to easily earn his 4th victory against 3 loses as he breezed thru the first 7 innings surrendering just 1 run on 2 hits and […]
Game 16
Miller Park Milwaukee, Wisconsin Team R H E San Francisco Giants 4 7 0 Milwaukee Brewers 5 10 1 Highlights Yovani Gallardo had the kind of evening every major league rookie pitcher hopes for in his debut. He pitched an effective 6 1/3 innings giving up 3 earned runs and helped himself out offensively by […]
Game 15 – HHH Metrodome
Had heard a lot about the Mall of America so we had to make a trip there as part of this visit to Minneapolis. It is huge with over 520 stores, 50 restaurants and the nation’s largest indoor amusement park and more. We enjoyed a couple of hours walking all 4 floors and had lunch. […]
Game 15
Metrodome Minneapolis, Minnesota Team R H E Milwaukee Brewers 11 15 0 Minnesota Twins 3 4 1 Highlights Each team hit a pair of long balls in this contest with the difference being that the Brewers having runners aboard while the Twins efforts were solo shots. The left fielder for the Brew Crew, Geoff Jenkins […]
West Yellowstone, MT – Rapid City, SD
June 7th & 8th – Our original plan was to drive through Yellowstone NP on our way to Sheridan, WY but snow had been predicted for the higher elevations and we decided not to take any chances so we drove back to I-90. We still went through some snow flurries on our way to I-90. […]
Yellowstone National Park
Wednesday, June 6 -Having only one day to visit this park and the weather being cold and rainy, we decided to take tour. We chose the Lower Loop Tour so that we would see Old Faithful. This proved to be an excellent choice – we visited Firehole Canyon, Fountain Paint Pots, Old Faithful Geyser, Old […]
Glacier National Park
Sunday, June 3 – We had only one day in our schedule to visit this park. Our plan had been to drive the Going to the Sun Road through the park however the road was not open. We drove the 14 miles that were open on the west side of the park. This was along […]
Game 14 – Safeco Field
Thursday, May 31 – Another great baseball park! About 10 years ago we attended a Mariners game at the old Kingdome and it was at that game that we first started talking about making this trip. Safeco Field is a great place to see a ballgame. We also had the best hotdog yet here – […]