I GOT A HOMERUN BALL!

The first baseball I've ever tracked down at a professional ball game. I happened to walk out the stadium to take a picture and was coming back in through the LF gate. I heard the crowd roar...thought that's a well hit ball roar and just watched the fence line. Next thing I knew, a ball flew over. No competition to get it but I still jogged over to right center area and there it was sitting under a motorcycle.

Jim Adduci, OF for the Cubs hit it. I got back to the seats behind homeplate and Gina was like how did you get that.

Single A - Florida State League

We visited Angell & Phelps and took the tour to watch them make chocolate, have some samples and make some purchases. After dinner at Aunt Catfish's in Port Orange, we are ending our Daytona day trip by watching the Daytona Cubs vs Ft. Myers Miracle (Minnesota Twins affiliate). They had a Jeff Samardzija (former Notre Dame WR) bobblehead giveaway. Tony Thomas who played for FSU last year is also on the Daytona team.

The ballpark is named after Jackie Robinson. This is where the first integrated professional baseball game actually took place.

It's a quaint old park with a manual scoreboard.

Back At The Bottom!

203 steps to go back down...

Atlantic Ocean

..And driving on the beach.

We made it...and it is high.

Here we go...

Ponce Inlet, FL

Just south of Daytona Beach...Ponce De Leon Inlet Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in Florida and 2nd tallest masonry lighthouse in the nation.

Suns Game

We went to a baseball game tonight. They had a bobblehead giveaway. The Suns were playing the Mississippi Braves. They were actually playing 2 games due to a rain postponement after 1/2 inning last night. Clayton Kershaw who was recently up with the Dodgers pitched great for about 7 innings and the Suns won 6-0.

Lowe's Build and Grow Clinic

Daddy and the kids went to Lowe's free clinic this morning and made a dune buggy. We were able to hammer nails and sand down our buggies to make them smooth. It was fun and right away the kids asked when we could come again. Lowe's has the clinics every 2 weeks. The kids had the buggy they made and received a certificate and Jimmy Johnson dune buggy patch.