San Francisco Giants 5 @ Cincinnati Reds 7
Today we attended, in my humble opinion and I think Brian would probably agree, the worst stadium we saw on our trip. Fortunately for Reds fans, this abysmal stadium is no longer around. More on that later.
One of the exciting things about our trip was the number of different states we got to travel in while on the road. A 'tradition' we had was as we entered a new state, we would take a picture of the sign welcoming us into that state. For those of you who are not up on their geography, Cincinnati borders Kentucky, separated by the Ohio River. The night before we were looking at our map and realized how close we really were to Kentucky. None of our plans had us traveling in "The Bluegrass State." Until we saw Interstate 275. Interstate 275 travels around Cincinnati and drops down into Kentucky. We couldn't pass up this opportunity, so from our hotel, we traveled onto I-275 and entered Kentucky for roughly about 5 minutes. But that was enough to say we were there.
Back to Cinergy Field aka Riverfront. This was one of those cookie-cutter, multipurpose stadiums built in the 1970's. The field served dual roles as the home of the Reds and the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals. The biggest flaw of the stadium was the field. For one, it was AstroTurf. Not the new stuff that looks and feels similar to real grass, but the old stuff that is essentially concrete. Even worse, was that in the left field, there was a track that you could see where the seats for the football games were rolled out onto, literally in left field. They were covered with AstroTurf, but it was so obvious that they were there, I'm surprised that more left fielders didn't break an ankle out there.
It was an afternoon game, so following the game, we headed out to our next spot. We headed to another campsite, this time in Illinois. We stayed at the Lincoln Trail State Park. We were able to set up our tent right by the lake. Our neighboring campers were kind enough to give us a bunch of free wood to start a fire at night. It was a very peaceful campground, besides the pesky raccoons we had to continually chase away. At night we planned on working on our stats and do some journaling by the light, but the bugs were so bad we finally had to give up.
Stadium: Riverfront Stadium/Cinergy Field
Current: Great American Ball Park
No Gas
Lodging: Marshall, IL
Lodging: Marshall, IL
Today we attended, in my humble opinion and I think Brian would probably agree, the worst stadium we saw on our trip. Fortunately for Reds fans, this abysmal stadium is no longer around. More on that later.
One of the exciting things about our trip was the number of different states we got to travel in while on the road. A 'tradition' we had was as we entered a new state, we would take a picture of the sign welcoming us into that state. For those of you who are not up on their geography, Cincinnati borders Kentucky, separated by the Ohio River. The night before we were looking at our map and realized how close we really were to Kentucky. None of our plans had us traveling in "The Bluegrass State." Until we saw Interstate 275. Interstate 275 travels around Cincinnati and drops down into Kentucky. We couldn't pass up this opportunity, so from our hotel, we traveled onto I-275 and entered Kentucky for roughly about 5 minutes. But that was enough to say we were there.
Back to Cinergy Field aka Riverfront. This was one of those cookie-cutter, multipurpose stadiums built in the 1970's. The field served dual roles as the home of the Reds and the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals. The biggest flaw of the stadium was the field. For one, it was AstroTurf. Not the new stuff that looks and feels similar to real grass, but the old stuff that is essentially concrete. Even worse, was that in the left field, there was a track that you could see where the seats for the football games were rolled out onto, literally in left field. They were covered with AstroTurf, but it was so obvious that they were there, I'm surprised that more left fielders didn't break an ankle out there.
It was an afternoon game, so following the game, we headed out to our next spot. We headed to another campsite, this time in Illinois. We stayed at the Lincoln Trail State Park. We were able to set up our tent right by the lake. Our neighboring campers were kind enough to give us a bunch of free wood to start a fire at night. It was a very peaceful campground, besides the pesky raccoons we had to continually chase away. At night we planned on working on our stats and do some journaling by the light, but the bugs were so bad we finally had to give up.
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