Blogger up!
Yes, this blogger was up pretty early this morning, 3:45 AM to be exact. Also factor in that I went to bed around midnight, so that's not even four hours of sleep. Am I ever thankful for Kwik Trip cappuccino in Black River Falls, the ability to sleep in 15 passenger vans, and the complimentary coffee at our hotel in Germantown, Wisconsin.
The night before we were at Target Field in downtown Minneapolis. It was chillier than expected (or wanted). The stadium was beautiful and we had seats in the upper decks where we could look down on home plate. These were great seats as seen by this photo I nabbed.
However, it was a pretty low attended game. The Twins squared off against the Boston Red Sox and from the get go, the Twins didn't stand a chance. Top of the first, the Soxs scored two runs and kept the momentum until the ninth inning. David Ortiz had two homeruns along with a double. The final score ended up being 9-4.
While the game was interesting to watch (and I was keeping score by hand), what was great about this game was our class bonding. I sat next to Rachel, Brendan, and Katie and we sure had a good time. Our dinner consisted of excellent $1 hot dogs, which for a baseball park, is a pretty good deal.
In the middle of the game, we realized that the Milwaukee game began at 12:10 PM instead of a later night game we had gotten stuck in our heads. It was going to be about a five and a half hour trek to Milwaukee, which meant we needed an early start. When the game finally ended a little after ten, it was back to our hotel and straight to bed.
The first part of our trip to Milwaukee began with sleeping, which is always difficult in a van. You can't really sleep for long periods of time, normally just 20 minutes here followed by rearranging your body for another restless 30 minutes or so. But sleep is sleep in this case and when we woke up around 7 AM, we were in Black River Falls at a Kwik Trip. While my classmates aimlessly wandered around this gas station, I knew exactly where to go and exactly what I wanted.
Cappuccino.
The Wisconsin roads we took to Miller Park today where all extremely familiar to me. These roads symbolize Fargo summers and remind me of countless adventures I've gone on to scout camps, Wisconsin Dells, Milwaukee, and more. On top of that, Kwik Trips are a Fargo road trip staple. Cappuccinos are always a given as a way to keep the drive (and our stomachs) interesting and happy.
We arrived at Miller Park with plenty of time to explore the stadium once we were inside the park. Our seats were very different than at Target Field. We were sitting in the bleachers behind right field (aka we had a nice view of Ryan Braun).
It was a completely different atmosphere at Miller Park. There were way more people and the crowd was roudier. All these distractions made it a little harder to keep score, but I managed. This game was also not quite the blowout we saw the day before. The Brewers pulled out a 4-3 win in the bottom of the ninth.
Post game, we checked in at our hotel and went out for dinner. The hotel had recommended this great restaurant called Brisco Country. We were full and had great conversations. It was dinner like this that made me excited for the next several weeks. A short class period occurred post dinner and now I'm here, in the hotel lobby, catching up on some blogging and making sure the group blog is fully functional.
We take off early for Chicago tomorrow and arrive back in Cedar Rapids tomorrow night. And that will conclude our Midwest tour. Cannot wait for game three seeing the Cubs and the Brewers face off at Wrigley.
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