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The Great Baseball Ride: Mountains Gandalf, Mountains!

“There are far better things ahead than the ones we leave behind.” C.S. Lewis Mile by mile, we get closer and closer to home. Our latest Super 8 – Missoula stay was fine.  This one was a bit more dated than others we’d stayed at, but it was nice enough.   We woke to a healthy …

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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 desert, a foreign country, an empty island, a hidden fjord, a raging river, a glacier, and a volcano is a place where the inhabitants sense they can do no better, nor do they want to.” Timothy Egan, The Good Rain: …

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The Great Baseball Ride: We Drove Through a Tree.

“I want to go on a road trip. Just you and me. The highway, the radio, the blue sky, the back roads, and windows down. We’ll talk about everything and nothing. We’ll sing our hearts out, and we’ll make memories we’ll never forget. Just you and me.” Unknown We continue our drive north to Seattle …

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The Great Baseball Ride: Game 10; Oakland A’s.

“The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don’t know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired.”  Michael Lewis, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Keke and I woke early and departed the …

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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 stay there again. Simple, clean, up-to-date, and a short walk to the beach.   We eventually continued up Route One and it was even more stunning than the previous days.  The Los Padres National Forest and Big Sur area along the …

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