Day 14: Boston

Tonight's Guest Blogger: Ben

Everyone told us that seeing a game in Fenway was an experience. However, we did not anticipate experiencing the whole city before finding our way to the stadium. The game was another good one with the Red Sox prevailing 6-3. There were home runs by Manny Ramirez of the Red Sox as well as Jose Vidro and Jose Guillen of the Nats. Naturally the game was a sell out and we sat in the bleachers. This was a great experience and one any baseball fan should try and get (minus the kids of course). Scott had the choice of teams tonight, and he went with the Red Sox (minus 1.5 runs), and gets the win, moving him to 8-3 in picking games on the trip. Variance is bound to catch up with this luck eventually.

Before going into the details of today, allow me to reflect for a minute. One of the best things about this trip is being able to hear the national anthem 3 out of every 4 days. We have been treated to this song by children's choirs, adult choirs, soloists, sign-language persons and military personell (D.C. and Cincinnati). It still gives me chills every time and this is truly one of the best parts of the trip so far.



Scott got on the metro in D.C. this morning at 5:14 and I left to pick him up at 5:30. We were out of the city by 6:00 and think we made record time to Boston. Seeing as though we had to pass through Baltimore, Philly, New York, Providence and Boston, it is a miracle we didn't hit traffic. We arrived at Susan Zuck's house at about 1:30 and had a nice talk with her. After she went back to work, we went to the local high school and hit some tennis balls and threw the baseball.

Heading down to the stadium is where things became interesting. We got through some rough traffic going into town due to a stalled car and then proceeded to get absolutely lost. We got to the point where we were just turning and hoping for the best and eventually, after about 45 minutes, we popped out right next to the parking garage we were looking for. We then proceeded to turn what is usually a 15 minute walk into about 35 minutes of slow jogging. We got to the stadium with 20 minutes to spare and enjoyed a great ballgame.



Sitting in the bleachers was quite the experience. The Red Sox are so concerned about crowd control out there that they do not even have beer vendors walking around. Yet this did not deter a group of young men from being obnoxious enough to warrant being escorted from the stands. It was funny for the rest of us and provided some extra bang for our ticket buck.



Special thanks to my Uncle Dirk and Aunt Anita for allowing me to stay at their house. Not that they had much of a choice seeing as though they are out of town. Also, we would like to thank them for lunch meat and fruit and rice krispy treats that I took from the cabinet. They were very good. Also, thanks to Katey for showing us a good time around the monuments of D.C., and suggesting a great place for dinner in Johnny Rocket's. All in all it was a ton of traveling but a great day.

Here are the statistical updates:
1-end of day odometer: 21,076
2-miles traveled today: 541
3- miles traveled total: 4,433
states traveled in today: Washington, D.C., Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusettes