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Key West Day 1; Florida Route 1
We weren’t just in Florida for vacation, we also had a wedding to attend; with friends. We waited in Miami to pick up our friends…
Key West Day 1; Florida Route 1
We weren’t just in Florida for vacation, we also had a wedding to attend; with…
Key West Via Miami; Roadtrippers Take Flight.
“Here’s to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald We departed Minneapolis…
The Great Baseball Ride: The Food.
“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat…
The Great Baseball Ride: The Sandlot
“You’re killing me Smalls!” Ham (The Sandlot) We were blessed this summer to visit 15…
The Great Baseball Ride: Nashville – Day 5
“God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far…
The Great Baseball Ride: Nashville – Day 4
“I feel sorry for people that don’t drink, because when they wake up in the…
The Great Baseball Ride: Nashville – Day 3
“NASHVILLE IS WICKED. IT’S LIKE A PROPER MUSIC COMMUNITY, BUT IT’S ALSO QUINTESSENTIALLY AMERICAN. YOU…
The Great Baseball Ride: Nashville Sounds – Day 2 – Game Time.
“Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business…
The Great Baseball Ride: Nashville Sound – Day 1.
“I believe in second chances, I believe in redemption, but, mostly, I believe in my…
Midwest Hurricane; Lake Mille Lacs, MN
“I love to feel the temperature drop and the wind increase just before a thunderstorm.…
The Great Baseball Ride: Party In Omaha
“The University of Nebraska says that elderly people that drink beer or wine at least…
The Great Baseball Ride: We Get A Mile High.
“Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals…
The Great Baseball Ride: MLB Game 15; Colorado Rockies.
“I never took the game home with me. I always left it in some bar.”…
The Great Baseball Ride: Town Ball; Dundas Dukes.
“Have fun, you’re in the Town of Baseball.” Dundas Dukes In a town of about…
The Great Baseball Ride: Northwoods League; Duluth Huskies.
“The coldest winter I ever experienced was a summer in Duluth.” Mark Twain (maybe…probably not…but…
The Great Baseball Ride: Town Ball; Miesville Mudhens.
“It is the life-affirming genius of baseball that the short can pummel the tall, the…
The Great Baseball Ride: Ole Red.
“You know what a Motel 6 and Luke’s jeans have in common? There’s no ballroom.”…
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 14; Houston Astros.
The I-35 portion of The Great Baseball Ride continued after another nice nights stay at…
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 13; Texas Rangers.
“Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those…
The Great Baseball Ride: First Minor League Game; Saint Paul Saints.
“The Saints are the most fun baseball experience you can possibly have in the world.” …
The Great Baseball Ride: Home After 34 Days On The Road.
“Is it possible for home to be a person and not a place?” Stephanie Perkins,…
The Great Baseball Ride: Deadwood and Mount Rushmore.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the…
The Great Baseball Ride: Mountains Gandalf, Mountains!
“There are far better things ahead than the ones we leave behind.” C.S. Lewis Mile…
The Great Baseball Ride: Pacific Northwest.
“On trips you do new things, and this is a new thing.” Soren Judge The…
The Great Baseball Ride: A Volcano and Game 12; Seattle Mariners.
“Here in the corner attic of America, two hours’ drive from a rain forest, a…
The Great Baseball Ride: We Drove Through a Tree.
“I want to go on a road trip. Just you and me. The highway, the…
The Great Baseball Ride: Route 1 North of The Bay.
“You know what’s lame? Being in the car for-ev-er.” Soren We all had a good…
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 11; San Francisco Giants.
“They’ll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. Hall of…
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 10; Oakland A’s.
“The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure…
The Great Baseball Ride: Route 1 and Santa Cruz.
Another travel day. We took our time getting up at the Sea Breeze Inn. We’d…
The Great Baseball Ride: Heading North on the PCH.
“I climb behind the steering wheel… I drive off immediately without once looking back; it’s…
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 9; Los Angeles Dodgers and The PCH.
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” –…
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 8; San Diego Padres
“Winfield goes back to the wall, he hits his head on the wall and it…
The Great Baseball Ride: Beaches and Fighter Jets.
Soren loves the beach, and we love Coronado, so we elected to go there for…
The Great Baseball Ride: Route 66, Hollywood, Santa Monica, and Saint Diego.
“Well, it took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball, and I did…
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 7; Anaheim Angels and More Route 66.
“Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter once said, ‘It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s…
The Great Baseball Ride: The Grand Canyon.
“Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only…
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 6; Arizona Diamondbacks.
We woke up from a nice nights sleep at the HoJo in Flagstaff. I had…
The Great Baseball Ride: Caddies Half In The Grave, Teepees, and Vintage Motels – Route 66.
Yesterday was a travel day and all Route 66. The goal for the day was…
The Great Baseball Ride: Route 66 and The Big Texan.
So far on The Great Baseball Ride, our trip to see the best of the…
The Great Baseball Ride: Route 66 and Uranus.
After a great game and a great night in St. Louis we woke up rested…
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 5; St. Louis Cardinals and Route 66.
While the Route 66 portion of The Great Baseball Ride technically started when we arrived…
The Great Baseball Ride: Chicago Sightseeing.
Yesterday was our game at Wrigley, and we decided to hold off on a game…
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 4; Chicago Cubs
Thus far on The Great Baseball Ride, we’ve completed the first leg our trip which…
The Great Baseball Ride: The Louisville Slugger Factory & Museum – A Baseball Must.
We had one goal today – The Louisville Slugger Factory & Museum. It’s a bit…
The Great Baseball Ride: Pigeon Forge – Stalking Dolly Parton.
After our debacle the day before which saw us drive 15 hours out of our…
The Great Baseball Ride: No Bulls
We had originally planned on two games in each MLB stadium, but eschewed that on…
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 3; Miami Marlins.
After a great nights sleep at the TRYP in Ft. Lauderdale the night before, we…
The Great Baseball Ride: What a TRYP.
Today was supposed to be game day. Despite our debacle with the timeshare presentation, our…
The Great Baseball Ride: Don’t Sign Up For The Timeshare Meeting.
Today was a day to test the will. On our road trips, I barely…
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 2; Tampa Bay Rays
After an eight hour stay at the Travelodge in Perri, GA and a quick stop…
The Great Baseball Ride: Game 1; Atlanta Braves
We kicked off the first game of The Great Baseball Ride in Atlanta with the…
The Great Baseball Ride
In the book The Four Hour Work Week, author Tim Ferris talks about how people…