Travel Blog

We had another training day at Phoenix Municipal Stadium yesterday. I didn’t have to be there until 11:00 a.m., but because Phil is a Stand Lead (no, not Stanley or Stan Lee), he had to be there at 9:30 a.m. So I had some time to kill. I asked our boss if he had any suggestions as to what I should do to bide, and he said it would be okay for me to go out and watch practice. I asked if it was okay to take pictures of the practice, and he said it was cool to do so. Well, alright.

So I go find a good seat in the stands and wait for players to take the field.

And I wait some more.

And some more.

Then I see a security guard coming towards me from one direction, and an older couple approaching me from the other direction. The couple meet up with the guard (who totally ignored me, which was fine by me) and ask him if the team was practicing today. Turns out no. The team was over at a nearby stadium practicing there for the day. Not that I would have recognized any of the players anyway, but wouldn’t they have added a little something to those pictures? Oh well, maybe some other time, even though the next time I’m at the stadium, it’s a work day and I’m not supposed to bring any personal belongings with me. Shucks.

Training went well, and we both feel we’re ready for opening day on Friday. And on our way back to Coolidge, we decided to take a detour through Apache Junction and look at another RV park we’re thinking of moving to when our time’s up at Indian Skies. We thought that since Apache Junction was a lot closer to the stadium than Coolidge is we’d save a lot of travel time. Not so. Traffic sucked. I think it ended up taking us as much time to get there as it would have taken to go straight back to Coolidge. So we may just beg the folks here to give us a good deal on two more weeks. But anyway, the scenery was a heck of a lot better than our usual route home. I didn’t take any pictures because I hate taking pictures out of the car window, but even if we don’t end up living in Apache Junction, Phil and I will go there again just to get some pictures of the Superstition Mountains. Spectacular. But I did get a picture of the Florence Court House, so don’t be too disappointed.