Daily Log of a Fresh-faced College Graduate May 14, 2013 “You know we’ve got to go back, right?” Don-o says to me that night. “I figured as much.” Seeing as the bruises on Don-o’s face are still ripening, going back to Florida is not something I’m terribly interested in doing. But even on a good […]
Daily Log of a Fresh-faced College Graduate May 13, 2013 I wake up to the sound of pounding on our hotel door. A guttural voice bellows some form of displeasure out there, and I see Don-o’s form stir under the sheet on his bed. “What the…?” I say, rolling to stand and heading toward the […]
Daily Log of a Fresh-faced College GraduateMay 11, 2013 Over three-and-a half million people came to Farmer Field to see the Florida Featherheads last year. The team has been in the black since the PEBA‘s second year of existence, and 2013 doesn’t look like it’s going to be much different. We follow San Antonio here […]
Daily Log of a Fresh-faced College GraduateMay 9, 2013 Stepping into Elysian Fields is not like stepping into any other park we’ve seen. It’s totally dominated by the short right field wall – only 331’ and 341’ in the shallow power zones, but at 34′ tall, it’s an impressive tin slab. It’s 11:00 a.m. as […]
Daily Log of a Fresh-faced College Graduate May 7, 2013 We pay a heavy price for skipping San Antonio back in the early part of April. Not our fault we didn’t want to wait. It takes us two very full days of driving into the evening hours just to get to San Antonio, which is […]
Daily Log of a Fresh-faced College Graduate May 3, 2013 Pearl Jam’s “Alive” is playing as we leave Grand Junction the next day, taking Interstate 70 into the sun. Annie seems to still be feeling the altitude, but Don-o feeds her another quart of oil and, by early afternoon, we make it to Aurora, Colorado, […]
Daily Log of a Fresh-faced College Graduate May 1, 2013 It takes almost two hours to get to Interstate 15 from Palm Springs. Then the next leg of the trip really begins. It is, all total, over 1,000 miles to Aurora, Colorado. We decide that since Duluth doesn’t get there until Friday night – and […]
Daily Log of a Fresh-faced Graduate April 30, 2013 The next day, we get up early and weave along the Salton Sea and through Bombay Beach to Mecca. I like the sight of small houses and skiffs being pulled from behind pickups. I like the sight of trees alongside the road that extend their branches […]
Daily Log of a Fresh-faced GraduateApril 29, 2013 The plan was to take Interstate 10 straight through from Tempe to Palm Springs – maybe four hours worth. But when we get together the next morning, I make a pitch to Don-o that I want to take a detour at Quartzite that will run us down […]
Daily Log of a Fresh-faced GraduateApril 26, 2013 It’s 11 o’clock in the morning and we’re flying south with Annie on Highway 95 down toward Vegas. The sun is out, it’s 75°, and I’m sipping a Corona when I get to finally thinking about my future. Don-o is guiding Annie over the asphalt jungle and […]