Just Ohio

We were up late last night and with traveling east we keep losing hours of time...so we got a late start again this morning. We finally left Sandusky and made our way across Ohio. While we drove I had to make some more phone calls. I found out that our apartment got changed. It's actually better because now instead of switching into three different apartments...we only have to switch between two. The crappy part is that the apartment wouldn't be ready today. We had planned to go to Buffalo today and start moving in. We also found out that the truck couldn't be delivered today. This meant that we had to stay in a hotel tonight. So instead of staying in a hotel in Buffalo, we decided to stay in Cleveland. The thing about it was that we were driving through Cleveland at the time. So we very suddenly decided to stay there and go to the Indian's game that night.

I told Spencer to hurry and pull off of the freeway. We pulled into the post office parking lot and made some phone calls. I called my sister and had her look up hotels in Cleveland that accepted dogs. She found a couple (thanks Kar, you are a life-saver) and I made some phone calls. We found a place in a good neighborhood at a good price pretty close to the stadium. We drove there and checked in. Then I took my tests for work and we rested a little bit.

Then we went to Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland for the Indian's vs. Tampa Bay Rays baseball game. We thought that it would be a blowout game in favor of the Ray's because they have the best record league. The Indians have had a ten game losing streak and one of the worst records in the league. But we were pleasantly surprised...

We got awesome seats for just $10 each! We got seats facing east so the sun wasn't in our eyes and we could sit in the shade. We sat next to an older gentleman who was really nice and a big fan. We enjoyed talking to him the whole game. What a nice man! The weather was perfect. It wasn't humid or hot. It was just right the whole game. The atmosphere was more chill than in Chicago, but there was still good attendance.

The Ray's started out making two runs with a home run, but then the Indians came back in the 5th inning with a few home runs. It was really exciting. They made a few more home runs and other runs in the 6th and 8th innings. The man that we were sitting with was convinced that we were good luck. It may be true because every game that we have gone to, the home team has won. He said that Cleveland should hire us as good luck charms. We thought that was a good idea, too.

During the game a sketchy, drunk guy came up and sat close to us on the row behind us. He was a really shadey guy and he was very, very drunk. He obviously didn't have tickets to sit there because he wasn't there the whole game. he kept trying to talk to Spencer. We both were worried that he was going to ask for money or else try to steal his wallet. He talked about how he has been in jail multiple times and he stunk really bad. He was annoying and asked Spencer to introduce me to him. It made us uncomfortable. Then he started swearing a lot. He kept trying to talk to us, and we kept ignoring him. Spencer left for a minute and while he was gone the sketchy guy started to freak me out. Then he tried to come really close to me and spilt his beer all over Spencer's seat. That was the last straw. I went and found security and asked him to check the guy's ticket or something because he was bothering us. He asked the guy for his ticket, and he didn't even have a ticket. So he asked the guy to move somewhere else. We were a little bit worried that he would freak out, but it was okay.

We enjoyed the game immensely. We were worried about traffic after the game, but it was set up really well, so that traffic wasn't too bad. We drove back to the hotel and took the dogs for a walk. Then we got some Denny's and went to sleep. One more day, just three hours left in our journey. Oh yeah, and unpacking...


This is a picture of Cleveland.



Here is another picture of Cleveland skyline.



This is Progressive Stadium.




This is Progressive Field.



Here we are outside the stadium, as is the tradition.



Here is the field.



And the logo.



Here we are. The nice man sitting next to us offered to take this picture.



Here is the scoreboard. It isn't like Wrigley Field at all. It is very modern and electric. But we liked how the field was set up and how downtown Cleveland was behind the scoreboard. We also liked the celebration fireworks after homeruns.



This is the scoreboard saying who is playing.



This is the board at the end of the game. You can see the runs in the innings and there is also a list of everyone who made home runs.



Here we are after the game. The security guard who helped us offered to take a picture, and we accepted.



It was a great game and a great day. I'm not really looking forward to all the stuff we are going to have to work on. It was fun to be so spontaneous and it was nice to have another stadium checked off of our list. Thanks again Kar for helping us out.


Day 5: Ohio

Best
Bri: Being able to have one more fun vacation-like day, and the baseball game.
Moose: The Cleveland Indians baseball game. It was perfect. It was exciting, there were lots of home runs, great weather....perfect.
Brady: Only driving for 40 minutes.
Mia:

Worst:
Bri: Having everything suddenly change, i.e. the apartment, our address, our plans, etc.
Moose: Trying to find helmet ice cream. I walked all around the stadium and finally found the ONE place that they were selling it. Hooray for my Indians helmet!
Brady: Being drugged and left behind...again!
Mia: Having mom yell at me for not going potty when she wanted me to.

Most Annoying
Bri: Having some young, punk guys hit on me and follow me to the grass where I was walking the dogs to go to the bathroom. I was like "Yeah, I'm married."
Moose: The drunk guy at the baseball game. He would not leave me alone! And he spilt beer all over the seat.
Brady: Having mom yell at me for freaking out.
Mia: Having Brady step on me and drool on my head in the car. I just wish that he would realize that it's not so bad. You just take a nap.