Baseball Fix

I can scratch another "to do" from my MLB bucket list and that was to see Chase Stadium and the Arizona Diamondbacks. I have seen the Diamondbacks play many times but never at Chase Field, only at Spring Training in Tucson. I am narrowing the list of teams and stadiums down, but if I continue with only one a year I may be over 100 before I complete my list.

We found a hotel within walking distance of the stadium which made it perfect for the evening game.

As usual, we went early to watch batting practise and to check out the stadium. Chase Field is a modern and impressive stadium but it lacks the character of Wrigley Field and the old Yankee Stadium. Boston's Fenway Park is my next goal...maybe next summer.

We had ground level seats just by the visitors dugout so we had a spectacular view of the game. Well worth the money.

My Car

We have been run into by shopping carts and scratched by stray trees, but other than that the Prius has been perfect for living in Mexico.

It is small enough to wind through the narrow streets of Guaymas and big enough to hold four people comfortably. The only complaint I have is that it can't hold four people and four sets of clubs at the same time. Oh, and we found out it is too low for driving in the desert!

The trip down in November cost us $167 Cdn in gas and while living here for 5.5 months it only cost us $136 Cdn to operate. That is pretty hard to beat. For a long while the car was getting close to 75 miles per gallon and with the price of gas that brought smiles to our pocketbook.

We are certainly going to miss that luxury next year when we bring the 5th wheel down. I checked my records from last year and even with the lower price of gas it cost us $1818 Cdn to drive the truck for 6 months. Do they make a Hybrid truck big enough to pull the 5th wheel?

The Beach

Fred and I love to go the Fiesta Hotel across the street from our house for an afternoon feed of salsa and chips. The first picture shows the normal beach activity for most of the winter. The last two pictures show the beach during Semana Santa when many families come to enjoy the water and the holiday. Semana Santa or Holy Week also attracts many college students who come just for the partying.

Our streets are congested and many taco stands are erected on any open parcel of land. The larger restaurants close down for the last three days as the crowds do not go out to eat and rather choose to eat on the street and buy beer from the beer stands that are almost as numerous as the taco stands.


The before and during photos:




It has been a fun filled three days and hopefully we can convince families members to come down next year to enjoy Semana Santa as Easter 2013 is in late March! The challenge is on!