- Camden Yards -- Home of the Baltimore Orioles
Citizens Bank Park - Home of the Philadelphia Phillies
Fenway Park -- Home of the Boston Red Sox
Yankee Stadium -- Home of the NY Yankees
Shea Stadium -- Home of the NY Mets
Jacobs Field -- Home of the Cleveland Indians
Wrigley Field -- Home of the Chicago Cubs
Busch Stadium -- Home of the St. Louis Cardinals
It isn't as important to me to catch a fantastic game as it is to visit these monuments to America's Pastime. But I would like to visit these ballparks DURING a ballgame -- not just a drive-by. So here's the tentative schedule:
I also hope to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame on my trip through New York, because what would any kind of baseball pilgrimage be without a trip to the Hall of Fame?
I've tentatively organized the trip so that I will only miss one Sunday morning away from my home congregation. I would likely miss the PM worship service on June 1st as I travel toward Baltimore. And I would miss both worship services on the 8th. I haven't missed a Sunday morning worship service since September of 2006, so I think I'll be able to sell that to my church. ;)
I have friends in the D.C., Greater Chicago, and New England areas. I hope to be able to stay over for one or two nights to help off-set the cost of this adventure. I also hope that I might be able to meet folks who would host me in the other towns between now & then.
I've also built in buffer time into the first week of the trip so that I can site-see. I've never been north of North Carolina in my life, nor west of Abilene, TX. I'd like to explore our nation's capital, historic Philadelphia & New England, and the critically-acclaimed Big Apple. If you folks have any recommendations for (preferably CHEAP) site-seeing targets or restaurant-type joints, I'm open to them.
I currently plan on taking this journey myself. Alone. However, if there are any eager baseball fans who would like to join me on all or part of this adventure, you are welcome to be the anonymous jogger person to my Forrest Gump. (G)
Those are the tentative details of this quest. Suggestions are welcome.
6 comments:
This seems like a good plan, but ole Mr. Logistics here wants to know how you plan on travelling. With this short of schedule it looks to be like a very busy trip. Are you planning on driving, flying, taking the train, or what?
On an unrelated note, looks like a great schedule. Good Job!
Driving. HARD driving.
Especially on Sunday the 1st & Monday the 2nd. We're talking a little over 1,000 miles in the first two days. I'll be exhausted once I reach Baltimore, but I'll be exhilarated as well. So I think it will balance out. There will be a couple other logistical challenge days in the 2nd week: Cleveland-to-Chicago for a day game; fitting in time with my friends in Chicago before going to St. Louis; St. Louis to Panama City on the 14th so I can preach on the 15th.
With a total running somewhere around 4,000 miles on this trip, I'll probably have to get an oil change somewhere along the way. I'm leaning toward taking the ole pick-up -- she's reliable. But it'd be nice if I could borrow a more fuel-efficient vehicle (like, say, my sister's 2006 Toyota Avalon ;-D). I'll probably look at the rent-a-car option, as well, and see if I can save any cash that way.
So, yeah, this is a definite road warrior trip for me.
You now have T minus 4 months to create the perfect road trip CD collection!
Already taken care of. I was recently given an iPod. Therefore, it will be a dandy mix of sermons, tunes, and podcasts.
Wow Phil, this is very ambitious - you must not need sleep as much as me! I've been to two of the stadiums - Boston & Yankees. Although I'm not a big baseball fan, I must admit there is something special about getting to see the Yanks play a home game. The fans are so crazy!
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