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-Stan Musial
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- Dave and Julia
- We are nomadic road-tripping, baseball watching, National Park trekking freaks. Beyond that we have four cats known as "The Dings."
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2013 Photo Links
- Opening Day: April 8, 2013
- Busch Stadium: April 27, 2013
- Day 2: Nashville, Tennessee
- Days 3 & 4: Nashville to Knoxville to Charlotte and Lunch with Momma
- Day 5: The Drive to Holden Beach
- Day 6: Pickin’ with the Mayor and Vernon and the Pelicans Game
- Day 7: Pickin', Varnamtown and Mary's
- Day 8: Wilmington to Holden Beach and places in Between
- Day 9: Pickin' in Southport and Stuff
- Day 10: More Pickin', Fayetteville and Hope Mills
- Day 11: Bojangles to Winston-Salem
- Day 12: Winston-Salem to The Smokies
- Day 13: The Smokies
- Day 14: The Smokies (continued)
- Day 15: From The Smokies to Johnson City
- Day 16: Louisville
2012 Photo Links
- January 14-16 - Los Burros - Van Buren, Missouri
- Day 1: Louisville, KY to Johnson City, TN
- Day 2: Johnson City to Fort Mill, SC
- Day 3: Fort Mill to Holden Beach, NC
- Day 4: Myrtle Beach Joy
- Day 5: The Charlotte Knights of North Carolina who play in South Carolina
- Day 6: The Hickory Crawdads
- Day 7: Charlotte, Hope Mills and the Carolina Mudcats
- Day 8: Back to the Beach
- Day 9: The Asheville Tourists
- Day 10: The Tennessee Smokies
- Day 12: Great Smoky Mountain National Park: Part I
- Day 13: Great Smoky Mountain National Park - Part II
- Day 14: Flea Markets and the Chattanooga Lookouts
- Day 15: The Nashville Sounds (sort of)
- Day 16: The Road to the STL
- Wrigley Field: August 25, 2012
2011 Photo Links
- 2011 Spring Training: Ft. Myers
- 2011 Spring Training: Jupiter
- 2011 Spring Training: Orlando
- Opening Day: March 31
- Atlanta Italian Wedding: April 1-3
- Tornado Clean Up: April 29
- Day 1: July 7 – More Luggage Joy, Vancouver and the Silver Shadow
- Day 2: July 8 – At Sea
- Day 3: July 9 – Ketchikan and the Clover Pass Bike Ride
- Day 4: July 10 – Juneau, Whale Watching, the Mendenhall Glacier and The Prodigal Son Returns
- Day 5: July 11 – Skagway and the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve and Fjord Cruise
- Day 6: July 12 – Sitka and the Sea Otter and Wildlife Quest
- Day 7: July 13 – Hubbard Glacier and on to Seward, Alaska
- Day 8: July 14 – Seward, the Alaska Railroad and Anchorage
- Day 9: July 15 – The Alaska Railroad to Denali
- Day 10: July 16 – Denali to Kantishna
- Day 11: July 17 –White Water Rafting and Other Denali Joy
- Days 12-3: July 18-19 – Denali Sled Dogs, the Rock Creek Hike, Fairbanks and Homeward
- Pink Elephant: July 24
2010 Photo Links
- Joshua Tree: May 2010
- Chicago: Memorial Day Weekend
- Chicago: July 4th Weekend
- Day 1: Effingham to Akron
- Day 2: Kent State & Hagerstown
- Day 3: NYC
- Day 4: NYC continued
- Day 5: Cooperstown and Niagara Falls
- Day 6: Pawtucket, Rhode Island
- Day 7: Plymouth Rock & Acadia National Park
- Day 8: Acadia (continued) & St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada
- Day 9: Binghamton, New York
- Day 10: Dayton, Ohio
- Day 11: Homeward Bound
- Carney's Birthday Weekend in Chicago: August 6-8, 2010
2009 Photo Links
- Spring Training 2009
- Day 1: Anchorage, Alaska
- Day 2: At Kenai
- Day 3: The Road to Fairbanks and the Midnight Sun
- Days 4 and 5: Alaska Railroad and Denali National Park
- Day 6: The Arctic Circle Tour
- Day 7: Back to Anchorage
- Chicago: July 9-13, 2009
- NJ/NYC: November 13-16, 2009
- North Carolina: December 4-7, 2009
2008 Photo Links
- Spring Training 2008
- Chicago: April 22-26
- Memorial Day 2008 (Chicago)
- Sunday at the Ballpark
- Day 1 & 2: Denver, CO
- Day 3: Casper, WY
- Day 4: Mt. Rushmore and the Badlands
- Day 5: Montana
- Day 6: Yellowstone and Helena
- Day 7: Spokane, WA
- Day 8: Portland, OR
- Day 9: Multnomah Falls and Boise, ID
- Day 10: Craters & Idaho Falls, ID
- Day 11: Napoleon Dynamite and Ogden, Utah
- Day 12: Golden Spike, Antelope Island and Orem, Utah
- Day 13: Zion National Park
- Day 14: Zion and Bryce Canyon
- Day 15: Salt Lake City
- Day 16: Arches National Park
- Day 17: Rocky Mountain National Park
- Joshua Tree: July 26, 2008
- San Diego: July 27-29, 2008
- Joshua Tree: October 16-18
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2 comments:
As one baseball coach put it, hitting a baseball is simple; it's simple but not easy. I think the Man's approach is a lot catchier.
JK
The same day you posted this we dined with Stan the Man and his wife at the same West County eatery. Cool!
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