April 23rd -- Trip #1 Summary

Well, we've been home for a week. I thought I'd put together a bullet point summary of the Southeastern baseball stadium trip.

-- We live in a beautiful country. There are so many things to see and do. I know I don't think about it often, but our drive thru the southeast was wonderful

-- We put on 4900 miles and spent just over $4000 ($600 on tickets; $160 on museums and gardens; $800 on eating out; $700 on gas -- average price $3.25/gallon; $1200 on hotels; and $550 on groceries and miscellaneous knick-knacks -- we bought a Budweiser mirror at Anheuser-Busch to hang behind our bar)

-- We have made great friends during the course of our lives. We met with many of them on our trip and will meet with many more as we travel the rest of the United States.

-- Minute Maid Park (Houston) was our favorite stadium followed by Busch Stadium (St. Louis), Turner Field (Atlanta), Arlington Stadium (Texas Rangers), Tropicana Field (Tampa Bay) And Dolphin Stadium (Florida Marlins in Miami)

-- The best beer and the best hot dog were both at the Florida Marlins game ... Brahma Beer and the dog from the Kosher Hot Dog guy

-- The strangest thing we saw (there was a tie) -- as we were entering Oklahoma (it was the first time I've ever been there), there wasn't a "Welcome to Oklahoma" sign. We saw a "Come on in to the Choctaw Nation Casino and Hotel". I suppose it's a sign of the times in the US. And, as we were driving north of Dallas towards Oklahoma on Rt 75 , We saw a statue of Sam Houston, the biggest statue I've ever seen on the side of the road (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/TXHUNsam.html)

-- The song of the trip: Sara Bareilles -Love Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR5xv3pt7KI) We must have heard it 100 times.