May 25th, 1998

Monday May 25th, 1998
No Game
Gas: 

Braintree, MA $10.46

Newark, DE $9.52
Lodging:Elicott City, MD

Today was another travel day.  It was also Memorial Day so traffic was a little bit lighter.  Once again, we had a highly nutritious breakfast at Dunkin Donut and then it was off to travel.  The amazing thing about the east coast, particularly the New England area is how many states you can travel in one day.  Out her on the west, it takes a almost a half-day's drive to get to a different state.  Out there, in the same amount of time, we traveled from Massachusetts to Maryland while passing through Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Deleware.

We arrived back at the Snook's home in the early afternoon.  I called my grandma to wish her a happy birthday (Happy birthday grandma!).  While we were traveling back to the Snook's, Brian and I were looking at our road atlas.  Our original plan was to travel to West Virginia and camping in Triadelphia.  But we realized if we did that, we wouldn't get to far and still have a ways to go to get to Cincinatti for a 1:05 Wednesday game.  We decided that it would make more sense if we found a place to stay in Cincinatti.  We prided ourselves when planning for this trip that we avoided staying hotels.  We saved money by camping, or Mennonite Your Way, or family/friends.  But we decided it would make more sense to go to Cincinatti and called to make a reservation there for the following evening.

That evening, we had a huge BBQ dinner on the back deck of the Snook's.  Then we went with the Snook family to a local delicacy, "ice".  Essentially it was shaved ice with different flavor options.  The place was packed, but it was worth it on such a beautiful Memorial Day.   Following that, we came back and began to pack for the return trip home.