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2004 baseball trip
august
nyc to minneapolis and back.
PART 2
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i
wanted drinks, even after all that walking. and we found drinks. there was a
group of "artists" at the table behind us. they had a lot of tattoos.
i spent a fair amount of time walking into the back room which had a few video
games. no one was really playing any of them except for the buck hunting game.
oh, and no one seemed like they wanted to talk to me. |
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do
hotels get better than ones across the street from arby's? |
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breakfast
at al's in dinkytown was a requirement, especially after we walked by the very
cramped joint and took in the atmosphere. |
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(the
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(the
taking in) |
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is
it possible to visit minneapolis and avoid photographing this sculpture outside
the museum? |
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one
of the highlights of the trip was the nine holes of "artist designed mini
golf" on the grounds of the walker art museum. (aka Walker in the Rough) |
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see
that smile? i think i won! |
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every
twenty minutes of our full day in minneapolis one of us would say "i could
live here if the weather was like this all the time." i didn't even mind
working up a bit of a sweat when we went for a bike ride around a few of the
lakes in town. such great bike riding trails! |
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after
the bike riding, it was off to tootie's for burgers. and they were good burgers. |
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at
this point the day already felt exceptionally great. little did we know that
it was about to get better. |
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what
can i say about seeing a game in st. paul? the independent league saints have
got everything working for them: a pig, a guy strapped to the right field wall,
cool murals, human size bowling between innings! it's awesome. |
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i even got a haircut!
read
dan's report from the game |
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dan and jamie cheered when we got free arby's roast beef sandwiches (which
turned out to be coupon's for a free frozen yogurt. but whatever. we felt
like winners!) |
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and
then a very, very long and speedy drive to detroit. |
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Comerica
Park. If I were a Pepsi guy and not a coke guy, I think I would've been the
happiest person in the world with this photo. |
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High in the stands, I once again forced us to take the group shot.
read
dan's report from the game |
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The
drive out of Detroit wasn't the most pleasant. There was some traffic in the
city, and then the trip toward Ohio seemed especially glum. That area isn't
the prettiest part of the country. I was still filled with energy and when we
stopped for gas I peered into the horizon, in search of a good bar. |
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I
didn't find a bar until after spending hours on the Ohio Turnpike. I did the
last hour of driving and couldn't decide on a hotel. I found one, then forced
Dan and Jamie to march across the street to the Joyful Mug Lounge. We got there
too late. They'd already closed. |
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It
was so sunny for the Erie SeaWolves game. I forgot my camera in the car, went
back for it and then went photo crazy. It's no the newest of minor league ballparks,
but it's got friendly charm. |
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That charm found a home just past left field with a long walkway which was
home to a lot of homerun balls. The kids at the game had a blast chasing them
down.
read
dan's report from the game |
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Why
must every city and town have it's own animal thing? Erie looked to be a town
of frogs. Okay, the frog is kind of cute. |
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bill
murray! where are you? -p-tawny, pa |
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Somewhere
in Pennsylvania. My head was starting to hurt. We'd done a lot of traveling
by this point. |
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After
the baseball game, we played one of those fan friendly type games where you
ball a bag of baseballs and try to throw them into hula hoops strategically
placed in the infield. |
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There were fireworks.
read
dan's report from the game |
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This
was the fancy hotel. I think I got us the Senior Citizen discount. I also got
us lost when I tried to walk us to a bar that was a mile away and hidden behind
a curvy road. I shared the
story of Altoona that night. |
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The
2004 Little League World Series. |
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It's just as friendly as you picture it. I think I liked getting a sno-cone
most of all.
read
dan's report from the day |
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It
was a very hot day and we eventually found our way back to the car for a long
drive back to Brooklyn. |
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