by joncook | Sep 26, 2013 | Everyday Life, My Travels
Our last MLB trip for 2013 was our Lone Star Trip to the great (debatable) state of Texas. We packed up our Mazda and headed to Dallas for the first stop of our excursion: Globe Life Park in Arlington, home of the Texas Rangers. We stayed with my aunt and uncle and...
by joncook | Sep 20, 2013 | Everyday Life, My Travels
After our stop at Fenway, we spent the night in Boston and did some sightseeing the next morning. We did a mobile walking tour of Harvard with an app I downloaded from iTunes Store. I don’t know what I should have expected when I thought of visiting Harvard, but...
by joncook | Sep 18, 2013 | Everyday Life, My Travels
Two years ago Kara and I took a red-eye from Denver to New York City to visit the Mets and the Yankees. In short, the trip was memorable for all the wrong reasons, but we laugh about it now. We paid to see the Red Sox and Yankees play at the new Yankee Stadium....
by joncook | Jul 12, 2013 | Everyday Life, My Travels
After the Rays and Twins game, we started the four-hour drive down to Miami. We stopped at Doc’s Beach House in Bonita Springs for a great dinner right off the beach. It was a perfect stop at the midway point outside Naples and the food was very good. We...
by joncook | Jul 11, 2013 | Everyday Life, My Travels
Kara and I packed our bags and headed down to Florida for our MLB Sunshine Trip: Tampa and Miami. We took the late-night flight into St. Petersburg and stayed the night on Treasure Island. The next morning we drove to Tropicana Field to cheer on the Twins. Sadly, the...
by joncook | Jul 2, 2013 | Everyday Life, My Travels
The next stop on our MLB tour was Citi Field, home of the New York Mets. We were rained out the night before at Yankee Stadium with the Red Sox. I can’t even begin to verbalize the letdown I felt. I know, that’s shallow and there are far worse things to be...