Day 39: San Francisco

Today we were back to baseball, as we drove to San Francisco to watch the Giants host the Philadelphia Phillies. Former St. Louis Cardinal, Matt Morris, out-pitched former Pittsburgh Pirate, Jon Lieber with the help of a Ray Durham home run in the 4th inning. Ben had chosen the Giants, so we are now even at 13-13 in picking games on the trip.

AT&T Park was a great ballpark, situated right on the edge of the San Francisco Bay. McCovey Cove actually was larger than I had expected, and was also closer to the stadium than I would have thought as well. Also, the weather in San Francisco was freezing cold. We might have been the only people in the stadium in short sleeves, as the temperature was certainly not above 55 degrees. Quite a contrast from the 110 degrees we had become accustomed to in Las Vegas.



We made the drive from Vegas to San Fran in about 8.5 hours, making our usual stop at Subway for lunch. Also along the way, we drove by one of the largest dairy farms that either of us had ever seen. Thousands of cattle could be seen standing out in the summer heat, standing around and munching on grass. It was perhaps one of the worst smelling experiences of the trip, and that is saying something since we have gone about 2 weeks now without doing any laundry.

Our 5 nights in Las Vegas with Moutray and Morgan were an absolute blast. Our room at the Luxor was quite spacious, and our only complaint would be having to pay for the internet. On the gaming side, we all put in quite a few hours at the poker tables, in particular the $2-$4 limit tables were our most fun, providing both entertaining banter and the soft play we were looking for. However, surprisingly enough we all showed profits at the roulette tables and slots as well. You just have to know when to stand up from the table, that is the key to beating Vegas.



Another glorious aspect about playing in a Vegas casino is the free drinks. Whether you want water, juice, soda, beer, or liquor, it is complimentary while you are playing any limit of any game. Quite a nice perk, especially since it is delivered right to your seat while you are playing. All things totaled, Ben and I are both able to say that we made 1 withdrawal from a casino ATM when we arrived on Sunday night, and had more money in our wallets when we left on Friday morning. I guess all of that poker playing is finally starting to pay off!



Here are the statistical updates:
1-end of day odometer: 32,586
2-miles traveled today: 877
3-miles traveled total: 15,821
4-states traveled in today:
bonus stat: home teams are 3-0 when Ben and I are shivering at the end of the game