A lot has happened to us since we last reviewed the trip last Saturday night in Cleveland. We just beat the rain that was closing in on Cleveland last Sunday and actually had to deal with it on the way to Chicago. Had a great time in the Chi-town as we had a day to site see before we made our way to watch the inter-city battle between the Cubs & the Sox. From there it was a lengthy drive to Washington DC via Canton Ohio where we took a side trip to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I had been there way back in 1980, so I was amazed to see how much it had changed in the last 30+ years. By the time we got to Washington DC we didn’t have time to see anything that wasn’t close to the road and just made it to Nationals Park. We had made the determination earlier that depending on how we were feeling at the time that a switch from the car to Amtrak & Subways would make for an interesting diversion so that is what we did. Most of the Amtrak ride was during daylight so that afforded some nice sightseeing from the rails. Just being able to sit back and relax was well worth it. New York City was absolutely spectacular. As Pat said earlier in “Pat’s Thoughts” it is hard to believe the volume of people in the city. There is so much to see we really needed a week there, not slightly more than a day. However we did hit the highlights and it was nice to meet my wife Sandy in New York for her visit to the Statue of Liberty, along with my buddy Russ who met us on the train on the way to New York. Doing our own version of a Subway Series on Wednesday was something that really made this trip doable. There are limited opportunities to do 2 games in 1 day. This was it and we took advantage of it. We had the chance to rest a bit before heading to Boston the next day to go to Fenway Park and see the Red Sox. We spent that night in Boston before heading to Philadelphia on Friday. When I work up on Friday I had one of those things happen to me that an old boss who traveled a lot told me about. I woke up and didn’t have a clue in what city I was in. I had to think about it for quite a bit before I remembered we were in Boston. We headed out before noon on the way to Philadelphia not realizing what would be greeting us there. About half way there we noticed there was weather in the form of rain, thunder and lightning. We took advantage of the wi-fi on the train to take a look at the weather in Philadelphia and we knew we were in trouble. When you put a trip like this together you briefly think about what could go wrong, but you don’t dwell on it. Now it was time to dwell on it. When we got to Citizen’s Bank Park it was raining pretty hard and there was a doubt whether they would get the game in. That, however, didn’t keep us from hitting the concessions hard. We were patient and prepared to stay as long as needed to get the game in, but alas it was finally called. We decided to stay with the post game plan to head back to Washington DC for the night and pick up the van. On the way we did some research and it showed based on the upcoming schedule that the game in Philadelphia on Saturday was a must do and we then decided to push the game in Pittsburgh back toward the end of the trip. At least we had the option, but we had officially used our one mulligan and added an extremely long trip in about 10 days. We had plenty of time to get back to Philadelphia yesterday for the game and made the way toward Cincinnati for today’s game. We are now back on schedule with 2 weeks left in this trip. What does the trip have in store for us? Well, it looks like Tropical Storm Debby is in the Gulf of Mexico and might hinder out trip between Houston and Miami early next week. As long as the games are played we will do our best to get there and report what we see to you all. Thanks
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