Happy St Patricks Day 2008 from Sunny Sarasota, Florida

We get up early and drive about 100 miles to Sarasota, Florida. We set up camp and head to the Ed Smith Stadium to see the Cincinnati Reds play the Detroit Tigers. I asked Jere several times about ordering tickets, but he said "no need". So of course we get to the stadium and it's sold out, but fortunately they have standing room only tickets.

We enter the stadium and Jere heads to the standing room only section to save his space. Joe and I head to vacant box seats in the second row behind the Reds dugout to wait comfortably for the game to begin. We were incredibly close to the players and enjoyed our great seats!

For St Patricks Day, the Tigers have green baseball caps and the bases are green instead of white.

Joe and I keep our great box seats til the middle of the 1st inning when the rightful owners show up :-( Then we head to the standing room only section with Jere.

The game iss actually a good game. Beautiful sunny day in a crowded baseball stadium and interesting fans to watch, including these 3 guys:

The usher that is in charge of the box seats Joe and I were sitting in before the game comes over to us at the beginning of the 7th inning and offers us box seats in the 3rd row behind the Reds dugout. So we have great seats again for the last 2 innings. Plus the Reds win 5-3.

After the game we head over to Sarasota Beach on Siesta Key. Crowded but beautiful swimming beach. Unfortunately we didn't think ahead to bring along our bathing suits, so we walk along the edge of the water and enjoy the gorgeous afternoon.

So a great day comes to an end and we're exhausted and head back to the RV.