The Baseball Trip 2018

Day 16   Tuesday, July 17, 2018


We left Durango and headed for Colorado Springs. As you may recall, we tried to see a game at Colorado Springs on the way west but were shut out as soon as we turned into their parking lot. We shall not be denied tonight!

Random observation from Randy: Put these mountains in your memory bank. After Colorado Springs, it will be miles of nothingness.

Luckily, there was plenty of scenery along the way.We detoured into Great Salt Dunes National Park and Reserve to check out the park:

 Sand dunes in front of the mountains.

 More sand dunes.

No sand, just mountains.

Next, we passed through Mesa Vista where they have a railroad museum. Here's a couple of old railroad cars. Randy posted this photo on Facebook and his old college roommate, a train enthusiast, knew exactly what era they were from. He said they were two General Electric pushers. He rode that line last May. Randy has connections everywhere. He has people; that is why he hates Google.

We finally pulled into Colorado Springs. OMG, it's two dollar Tuesday! Two dollars to park! Two dollar tickets! Two dollar Bud Lights! Okay, two out of three ain't bad.

You already have the lowdown on the origin of the SkySox, so here are some pix from the park:

Front gate at Security Service Field.

Field boxes and press box behind home plate.

 Scoreboard in left-center.

Right field.

 First base line .

Me with the SkySox mascot Sox the Fox. He's wearing a cup.

The SkySox won 11-10 as Domingo Santana hit two opposite field home runs.

Favorite sign: Now serving breakfast and beer.

We were going to check in to a Super 8, but there were problems. The guy in front of us had booked a non-smoking room, but he was complaining that his room still smelled like an ashtray. It was giving him a headache. Apparently someone had used the room and smoked in it anyway. So the clerk booked him a new room. We said we were so tired that we didn't care...we would take his old room. But he came right back to the lobby and told the clerk there was puke on his new room's rug. "It's kind of squishy." He said he would gladly take the previously booked ashtray room. The clerk asked us if it was okay.

Random observation from Randy: It's okay. We'll be moving on.

Next: Garden City, Kansas.