Note of Traveller

We're non actually hard-core points warriors (those who alive to exploit every wages to accumulate rewards points for traveling) but we're non ones to shy away from opportunities to collect points. Over the years hither at , we've been known to cash inwards points for a gratis flying or a nighttime inwards a hotel hither together with at that topographic point but guide keep non actually made a peachy endeavor to accumulate a lot of points to cash inwards for a large vacation. Until now... The concluding duo of years worth of move guide keep involved a to a greater extent than concerted endeavor on our purpose to accumulate points for ane of our biggest vacations yet...a multi-week blowout roofing 2 southern states amongst a cruise to the Bahama Islands thrown into the middle but for the heck of it. I retired from my project inwards March after xxx years of service (that's a motion painting from my retirement luncheon) together with nosotros had longed to...

  When traveling, the interrogation is “fly or drive?”  Today, nosotros are traveling to Sacramento from the Pasadena, California area…a distance of 407 miles.  Flying fourth dimension would live an hour.  Arriving at the airport, an hr before takeoff.  Being with a wheelchair, add together some other hr to that to brand certain airline as well as drome staff tin teach yous on the bird as well as seated together.  Another 40 minutes to an hr to drive to the airport, hence a one-half hr to collect your baggage as well as some other to teach to the hotel…if it is nearby.  You mightiness also demand to rent a machine if populace transit options are non suitable (but inward Sacramento, they are pretty good). Watch the Video of This Trip! So, we’re talking close an investment of 5 hours…at least…and but about $350 for 3 people flying.  The drive is half dozen hours…not counting food, fuel, as well as bath stops…plus yous tin easil...

It's finally fourth dimension to exercise what nosotros came to this town to do.  Oh, all the museums, monuments, in addition to historic sites are nice, but nosotros came to encounter only about baseball.  Tonight volition score the 25th squad (and their stadium) nosotros tin hand notice banking concern tally off on our listing inwards our destination to encounter all xxx major league stadiums. But first, let's utter close food... So far, we've non been existent impressed amongst the working capital missive of the alphabet culinary options. So much in addition to then that I tin hand notice abide by no pictures of nutrient from our fourth dimension here.The solely decent nutrient we've receive got is breakfast at a house called the Uptown Cafe close our hotel inwards NoMa.  We had another, OK, breakfast at the Constitution Cafe which serves every bit the cafeteria for 1 of the government buildings side past times side to our hotel. Watch the Video! ...

I possess got to confess. As an Angels fan, I possess got a difficult fourth dimension warming upwards to the Nationals. Mostly, this stems from when Frank Robinson was director of the thus Expos (who moved to DC as well as changed their name). Robinson knew how, as well as would possess got every opportunity, to force Angels' director Mike Scioscia's buttons.  That's the past, I postulate to spot it behind me because a game at Nationals Park is 1 of the greatest events inwards baseball. Moving from Montreal to our nation's capital, the directly Nationals played inwards an onetime RFK stadium until this commons was completed as well as opened inwards 2008. The major history of the nationals goes dorsum to Canada equally the Alou's both played as well as managed here. They played inwards the flawed Olympic Stadium until moving here.   Major League Baseball seriously considered folding the squad until the bargain for the deed was made. These days, superst...

We've been told that the best crabcakes inwards Baltimore come upwardly from a stand upwardly at the Lexington Market. Letty's been on a mission to examine equally many equally she tin dismiss spell we're here. Watch the Video! The Charm City Purple Route stops inwards front end of our hotel on Redwood Street in addition to it's a quick, easy, in addition to costless ride to a halt 3 blocks from the market. It's a flake of a downtrodden 3 blocks, rattling like to walking through our hometown's (Los Angeles) Skid Row.  This is our 2d attempt, my married adult woman got sick a distich of days agone in addition to nosotros had to postpone our view but we're hither directly in addition to laid upwardly to go. Faidley's Seafood is inwards the dorsum of the market, allowing us to peruse all the other stands along the way. It actually reminds me of how Grand Central Market inwards L.A. was earlier all the gentrification hit. The sight...