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Peanut Reduced Baseball Game

August 24, 2014
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We headed down to the Rogers Centre for our last baseball game of the year. I ordered tickets for one of the peanut/nut reduced game. There were six games this year, they dedicate Section 204 as a peanut/nut reduced zone. They leave a buffer of seats on either side of the section. There is a special entrance at Gate 1, a peanut/nut reduced washroom, and the concession stand closest to the section doesn’t sell any peanut/nut products.

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The seats are in the 200 level in right field. The roof was open and it was sunny. We got there early since it was also Mark Buehrle bobblehead day.

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We were seated in row 2.

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During the Jays batting practice someone hit a ball that hit the seat a couple over from Claudia as we stood in the first row waiting for balls. I was able to catch a ball that was being thrown up from the field by one of the players.

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Jose Bautista at bat in the 6th inning. He watched a called third strike go by.

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Then proceeded to argue the call and you can see the umpire eject him from the game.

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It was a close game that went to the 10th inning, but the Jays came out on the wrong end of a 2-1 decision. The player that replaced Bautista was Nolan Reimold, he ended up misplaying a fly ball in the 10th inning that eventually led to the go ahead run. In the bottom of the inning he struck out to end the game with the tying run at third base.

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Soccer Season Done

August 23, 2014
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The girls finished their soccer seasons on the Saturday. Claudia played in a quarter final game. Unfortunately they lost 2-0. Here she is shooting on net.

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Angela’s team had a bye to the semi-final game. She played goal the entire game.

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They faced the undefeated orange team. Halfway through the second half the coaches on both teams got into an argument. Orange, as they have been all year were running up the score in a shortened game. The halves were only 25 minutes long.

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Angela kept it close and played a very good game. Her defence didn’t provide much help on this day.

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G passed G

August 19, 2014
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Congratulations to Gillian on passing her G class driving test on the first try.

Kudos to Gillian!

August 9, 2014
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Half way through our trip we got word from Gillian that Chloe had been sprayed by a skunk. As it was late at night, she enlisted help from the internet, Marcus and Brittany. Together they figured it out.

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It took a couple of washes to get her less smelly. She washed her bedding and kept her confined to her kennel for the first couple of days. Once we got home I gave Chloe a haircut and trimmed off most of her shaggy hair.

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Here is Chloe after another bath after we got home on Tuesday.

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Thanks again to Gillian, Marcus and Brittany!

Boston & Cape Cod Trip Summary

August 6, 2014
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Number of days on the road: 10

Number of digital photos taken: 735

Number of kilometres driven: 2,264

Most kilometres driven in one day: 853

Number of relatives visited: 0

Number of states visited: 2

Number of beaches visited: 5

Price of most expensive gas: $3.899/gallon USD ($1.013/litre CAD) in Waltham, Massachusetts

Price of cheapest gas: $3.559/gallon USD ($0.924/litre CAD) in Syracuse, New York

Price of gasoline for trip: $183.93 USD

Number of lobsters consumed (family): 5

Taking Angela and Claudia to Boston and Cape Cod to watch the Blue Jays beat the Red Sox at Fenway Park, swim in the cold Atlantic Ocean, having a burger at Walhburger’s and eating lobster on the Boston Fish Pier: Priceless

Fenway Video

August 6, 2014
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A couple of videos from the baseball game at Fenway Park. The first is during the 7th inning stretch and “Take Me Out To The Ballgame”. The announced attendance was 38, 275 for a Tuesday night game. Watch for the flying batting helmet/popcorn bowl that comes flying towards me at the end, courtesy of a little girl from Ottawa sitting in front of us.

During the middle of the 8th inning at every home game since 2002, they play Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline”. The girls were right into, not sure if the little boy in front of them was plugging his ears because of their singing. Watch around the 40 second mark as Angela breaks into song!

Day 10: Back Home

August 5, 2014
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We only had a short drive from Syracuse, NY to home. After a quick stop at Duty Free, we headed for the border. It was pretty quick through customs, just a few questions and then we were on our way. They had re-opened the Burlington Skyway the night before, so we didn’t have to deal with any detours coming back. They did a pretty good patch job, even looking for the signs of damage it was difficult to spot, especially after seeing the pictures in the news. We pulled into the driveway shortly after 2:00 PM. Gillian was at work, but the the dog was happy to see us.

Day 9: Syracuse Chiefs

August 4, 2014
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We started making our way back home today. We had one final stop in Syracuse, NY to watch the Syracuse Chiefs play the Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders for some Triple A baseball.

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You would barely notice that you were entering New York State.

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NBT Bank Stadium in Syracuse.

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Some funky horse as you walk into the stadium.

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The view from behind home plate.

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Looking back up towards the concourse.

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The Syracuse Chiefs are the Triple A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. They were down early to the Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, here is the first run coming home to score. The RailRiders are the NY Yankees farm team.

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The starting pitcher for Syracuse, A.J. Cole.

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One of the Chiefs that was hit by a pitch.

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The view from the concourse. The Chiefs rallied back a couple of times to take the lead for good in the bottom of the 7th.

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Angela enjoying her cotton candy, when we were at Fenway she wanted some, but the guy never came around again and then the game was over.

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The field has natural turf, from 1997-2007 the field was Astroturf. The Syracuse Chiefs were the Triple A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays from 1978 to 2008.

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A view from our seats, we were in row 1 seats 1-4. We had to look around the obstruction to see certain angles of the field but still good seats.

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It also made it easy to get a game ball from Chiefs catcher Jhonatan Solano. As the girls will tell you I wrestled it away from an old guy sitting next to us. He was tossing it to me in my new Syracuse Chiefs ball cap.

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It was a tight game, if you consider 4 errors by the home team, it shouldn’t have been.

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They went through a string of relievers.

 

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Manny Burriss at the plate in the 8th inning.

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It was a great game, we like going to the minor league parks to watch games. The ticket prices are cheap, the food is good and the beer is cheaper. The final score was 7-6 for the Chiefs.

Day 8: Good Harbor Beach

August 3, 2014
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Today was our last beach day. We headed in to Gloucester, MA on Cape Ann. We parked at the Fort Stage Park and took the trolley to the beach. To park at the beach it costs $25/vehicle, if you took the trolley it was free parking and cost $1/person to ride.

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A Gloucester lobster inside the Welcome Centre.

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It was about a 20 minute scenic trolley ride that took us through different parts of town.

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We were at the beach by 10:30 in the morning, and low tide was at 11:00 AM.

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There were some off and on sprinkles of rain.

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The girls heading out to check the temperature of the ocean.

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Just as cold as the outer Cape.

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The girls are the dots in the middle of the photo.

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I took a walk out to the island. During low tide there is a sandbar that lets you walk right out to the island.

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Looking back towards the Good Harbor beach.

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The sandbar that provides the land bridge.

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With the showers, Angela and Claudia built a shelter in the ground.

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Claudia staying dry.

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Angela made a turtle sand sculpture.

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The girls sitting on the turtle’s back.

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Susan waiting for the sun to come out.

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The sun was flirting with us trying to come out.

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Eventually the sun did come out for awhile.

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The tide was starting to come in by mid-afternoon.

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One last picture before they filled the hole in. We took the trolley back to town. The ride took us along the coast and through Rocky Neck.

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We walked along the harbour before going for dinner.

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This is the Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial. It is a bronze statue cast in 1925.

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The Stacy Esplanade.

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There is a working draw bridge. We waited to watch some pleasure craft move through the canal.

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The girls looking for sea glass on a small rocky beach off the esplanade.

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The Gloucester Fisherman’s Wives Memorial.

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Gloucester is the oldest seaport in America, it dates back to 1623. It is the setting for the non fiction book, The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger and the movie version was filmed there on location, with Goerge Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.

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We had dinner at Captain Carlos, it was our last fill of seafood for this trip. Susan and Claudia had the Baked Haddock, Angela had the Baked Scallops, and I had the Shrimp and Scallop Alfredo with a mug of chowdah.

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We took a short walk after dinner to one of the piers. This is an old marine railway they were restoring.

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Looking out at the harbour.

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They had a giant lobster trap. Here are a couple of caught lobsters.

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Angela inside the lobster trap.

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Angela and Claudia sitting on a big wooden buoy.

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Trying to pull the trap.

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Angela walking in Fitz Henry Lane’s shoes. Fitz Henry (or Hugh) Lane was an American painter born in Gloucester in 1804 (-1865).

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The girls posing with Fitz Henry Lane.

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The inscription in the rock before his shoes.

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The sculpture of Fitz Henry Lane.

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Todays route from Danvers (A) to Gloucester (B) to Good Harbor Beach (C).

Day 7: Traffic Jam

August 2, 2014
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Today was a travel day. We left the Cape in the morning, not realizing everyone else on the Cape was also leaving. It took almost two hours to get across the Cape and over the bridge. We took the Bourne Bridge across to highway 25. There were no pictures today, so I pulled a couple off of the internet. Here is the what our traffic jam looked like today. Even the weather was the same. It rained for most of the drive.

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We made one stop today at the Wrentham Village Premium Outlet. There was another traffic jam getting into the outlet mall, but the first aisle I went up I found a parking spot. Traffic coming out wasn’t that bad. It was about an hour drive to our hotel in Danvers, MA.

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Our route today, Wellfleet (A) to Wrentham (B) to Danvers (D). Tomorrow we are going to some beaches in Gloucester, about a 20 minute drive east.