End of Spring Training

The game between the Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners was a great way to end the spring training schedule. Texas won, 5-3, before 7621 fans and the game was played in 2:33 hours. Josie and I each wore our Mariners gear - she wore her Mariners visor, and I wore my hat - and even though it was not standard uniform apparel, nothing was said. Nothing is wrong with wearing clothes with team logos as the only no-no would be for anything that didn't support a team. The Mariners finished the cactus league schedule in fourth place out of 13 teams, so they did well this spring. Of course, these games mean nothing when regular season games begin.

We came very close to running out of footlong dogs and bratwursts - we finished with 5 dogs and 6 brats. That was a close call. Our prep of food for the game was almost perfect as we took our inventories down to nearly nothing in every category. Now, we get to reflect on this season and have a year to decide whether to return again in 2015. If we had to decide today, it would be a no for returning. We'll see how it goes between now and next January when we would have to commit once again.

From now until the first of May, we have a long list of things to do to prepare for our trip north to Wyoming. Beginning with the repairs to our hydraulic system which I will try to schedule today. I received the new pump yesterday, and we are ready to go. We will replace one of the topper awnings on our rig and do some other cosmetic work on the inside. Arrangements will be made to cover our furniture and place the cushions in our storage unit on site. The entire storage unit will be organized for the long, hot summer that we will be gone. We also have to do some organizing of our main storage unit in Surprise, but that will be minor compared to last year's effort when I had to shred volumes of documents. All in all, it should be a busy April, and Josie will finish up with a very busy first week in May working during the Mother's Day rush. I will also make deliveries now that we have the Jeep, so most of our work needs to done before May 1st.

It is a huge relief to be done with the spring training games...