Chris And Jaime's Excellent Adventure

We, Chris M. Glauser esquire and (James) Jaime Glauser have offically completed our excellent baseball adventure! We had planned to visit three ball parks on our way back to Utah, but couldn't resist the draw of the competition, the smell of the hotdog, or the roar of the crowd and extended our trip to 6 ball parks. We stopped first at Nationals Park in Washington DC the night before we left. It was a little cold, but really fun.

Our next stop was Pittsburg and the Pirates. This stadium was really cool. We saw the Roberto Clemente bridge and got free hats.

We then went on to Cleveland to see the Indians play. We got to the stadium pretty early and went inside hoping that the game would still take place even though it had been raining most of the morning and was continuing to rain. We sat at in our seats for a couple of hours until the stadium announced that the game would be postponed until the following day. It was a disapointment but we did get a picture in front of the field.

We then went on to the city that was to be the pinnical of our trip, Chicago. We went to this really cute bed and breakfast call the Old Chicago Inn. The owners of the in were really excited about our baseball trip and gave us five or six large books to read while we were there all about the Cubs. The baseball field was really historical and interesting. It had a scoreboard that had to be changed manually and the consessions were all really traditional. It was an amazing field and the home team won, which was very exciting.

We then went on to St. Louis to see the Cardinals. We were there pretty early and were able to watch batting practice. While we were watching, Xavier Nady, #22 from the visiting Pirates hit a home run into the stands which bounced pretty close to where we were standing. Chris ran over to it before anyone else and we got to keep it! Oh yeah, and the game was fun too.

Our final stop was Kansas City. This field was having renovations done and was a little messed up, but was still pretty nice. There were fountains in the outfield which was really pretty. We sat next to a Royals fan who had been all over the world and still loved his Royals. It was a good time.

And now we're back in Salt Lake. Our trip was really fun, but we're glad to be back.