Every dad needs to have a regular "take-your-son (or daughter)-to..." day. Find a common interest and go with it. One common interest that Alec and I have is baseball. We love the game. I watch it more than he does but he knows much that goes on. I coach on his team and we start April 21st (the weather better have improved by then!). Today we took a road trip to Milwaukee to see the Cubs play the Brewers. They list it as a 'road' game but judging from the number of Cubs jerseys and hats (as well as the cheers), I definitely see why it is sometimes jokingly referred to "Wrigley Field North"! We were happy about the fact that they have a roof! It was about 60 in there (compared to 29 degrees outside!). Traffic really stunk getting there: we arrived early in Milwaukee at around 11am. We were thinking we might even catch some batting practice! Then the wheels fell off. It took us about an hour and a half to go the last 5 miles! And to think it took us an hour to reach the Wisconsin line from Plainfield! Ouch!
Know what though? I don't think we minded. It was cool spending time with Alec. As time moves on, our kids spend more and more time with their friends. Times like this you enjoy. We had fun getting there, enjoying the game, and hanging around the park afterwards (waiting for the exiting traffic to die down). It was a quick ride home. We are going to do a couple more 'road trips' this season to different parks. Maybe Atlanta or Cincinnati or Pittsburgh or even Denver. We will see how the schedule and the money holds up in the upcoming months.
Oh, and by the way, the score was Cubs 6, Brewers 3. CUBS WIN!
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