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 …
The Great Baseball Ride: Route 1 and Santa Cruz. Read More »
“Well, it took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball, and I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.” — Hank Aaron We got up and left our room in Anaheim (Orange) at the HoJo. We really enjoyed this hotel. Big room, updated, clean, nice pool, close to the stadium, and …
The Great Baseball Ride: Route 66, Hollywood, Santa Monica, and Saint Diego. Read More »
Yesterday was a travel day and all Route 66. The goal for the day was to catch more sites along the Route, and eventually make it to our overnight stop in Flagstaff, AZ so as to get closer to our next MLB game; the Arizona Diamond Backs. The first site seeing stop was still in …
After a great game and a great night in St. Louis we woke up rested and ready to make further headway along Route 66. There would be no baseball on this day as our next MLB stop would be in Arizona; we’d have two hotel overnights before then. Exploring the Route is all that was …
After our debacle the day before which saw us drive 15 hours out of our way from Daytona Beach, FL to Durham, NC only to not see one pitch of the Durham Bulls game we were pursuing, we weren’t super excited to hop right back on the road. Fortunately, we had some time before our …
The Great Baseball Ride: Pigeon Forge – Stalking Dolly Parton. Read More »
We had originally planned on two games in each MLB stadium, but eschewed that on this first leg in favor of trying to get minor league games in at both Fort Myers, FL and Durham, NC (in addition to one game in each MLB stadium). We bailed on the Fort Myers game the weather was …
Today was supposed to be game day. Despite our debacle with the timeshare presentation, our hotel was really nice and we were able to stay at the resort for our originally agreed upon two nights. As nice as the resort is and as nice as our room was, I was happy to get out of …
We kicked off the first game of The Great Baseball Ride in Atlanta with the Braves. Keke was able to score some tickets on Stubhub as well as a parking pass. Our seats were great ($18 face value), second deck behind home plate, you could see everything. The area around SunTrust Park is very nice. …