Day 42: Arizona

Tonight's guest blogger: Ben

Hello again from the desert. Even though the high today was 115, it was our most relaxing day in weeks. After waking up without an alarm, I took the car in for its final oil change and we took care of some banking issues. After a day of relaxation at the Garcia residents, we left for Chase Field at about 4:00 pm. We arrived at the stadium about an hour and forty five minutes before the game and saw quite a lot of batting practice. Once the game got started, things began to go my way. After two quick runs by the Dbacks, the Dodgers tied it up. However, Arizona began to pour it on, scoring 5 runs in the sixth innning, including a 418 foot blast by Eric Byrnes to win it 8-3. Scott took the Dodgers so I pull to within one game, 14-15 with just the St. Louis game remaining.

The Diamondbacks were one of the three organizations which sent us tickets in response to us contacting them about our trip. The seats were in the left field bleachers, second row. They were great seats and good for batting practice and home run balls. Unfortunately, we did not catch any but would like to thank the Diamondbacks for sending them to us.



Chase Field, formerly Bank One Ballpark (the BOB), was a nice place to watch a game. It was especially nice for the food lover, as it included restaurants from McDonald's to Cold Stone Creamery to Panda Express and even TGI Friday's. The overall feel of the park was nice but Scott did complain that the bleacher seats were extremely uncomfortable so I guess you cannot have everything.



We again have found ourselves with more than gracious hosts as we had eggs, sausage and cinnamon rolls for breakfast and great hamburgers and fries for lunch/dinner. It was a well needed day of relaxation before our 1,000 mile day tomorrow.

Here are the statistical updates:
1-end of day odometer: 33,360
2-miles traveled today: 87
3-miles traveled total: 16,595
4-states traveled in today: Arizona
bonus stat: home teams are 4-0 when they score in both the 2nd and 3rd innings