Down the Stretch

It was not a very good game to end our last full week of spring training. The game lasted almost 3 1/2 hours and the final score was 11-7. The score was 10-5 after the first 3 innings, so we knew it was going to be a long day. There were only 6355 fans which made it relatively slow at the concession stand and we didn't close the stand until after 4 PM. With all of the duties required after each game, I didn't get home until after 5:30 PM. There is only one game left for us - Wednesday - and our spring training season will end for 2014. We said our goodbyes to the members of the crew that were on our weekend schedule, and most of them indicated that they probably would not return again next year. They feel as we do about the changes this year - much of the fun has been removed by new rules that only help the management and hurt the front line workers where the money is made.

We are hoping for some movement today with our fifth wheel repairs. If we could only get our hydraulics fixed, the rest wouldn't matter that much. Without the hydraulics, we can't move the rig at all. They will attempt to take our rig to the dump station this morning, and that has me nervous. The rear jacks are down and without any hydraulics, I am wondering how they will move us. When the front end is raised off the ground, the rear jacks will drag. It should be interesting.

It has been one week since we left our space at Lake Pleasant and we plan to go there when Josie gets off work today at 2 PM. We left everything out in the open that we didn't think we would need for a "short" repair schedule. Of course, we had no idea that we would be here this long. We are sure that our neighbors are watching out for our stuff while we are gone...