While Harris was awaiting the arrival
of his Montana baseball buddy, Rick, he met some great Washington
folks camped next to him. Ron and Becky Pike live just south of the
Canadian border and were on their return leg from the Florida Keys.
Stories were swapped and Harris showed them the ins and outs of
watching Mariner baseball. He also introduced them to Total Wine in
Phoenix and the benefit of returning to Washington with spirits
purchased in Phoenix. They took orders from their kids and left Total
Wine with a full shopping cart and a very satisfied store manager. While waiting Harris tasted
a Cinnamon whiskey that he figured Rick would enjoy while playing
cards and a Cavanaugh Irish crème that he
could share with Judy. Forty bucks later he was out the door.
On one of the days before a baseball
game, Harris decided to geocache a few miles west of Camelback
Stadium. On his third cache he met an Arizonian geocacher named Joe
Hike who has over 12500 caches. As Harris tagged along he was
amazed at how quickly Joe spotted or figured out cache locations.
Before they parted they teamed up on 21 caches, the most Harris has
found in two hours of geocaching.
Rick arrived on Wednesday with a thunderstorm in tow. Neither slept well as the rain pounded their
vehicles waking them every few hours. The following day they took in
a double header as the rains stopped just an hour before game time.
The preselected game was sold out when they arrived at Camelback so
they drove on to Surprise to watch K.C. and later caught the
Mariners evening game at Peoria. The rest of the week was spent attending a game a day and playing cards at night. They continue to seek the perfect 83 degree day.
Ron and Becky Pike
While finishing the bottle of Horchata on an employee recommendation (which was very good),
meeting up in WA was discussed after
it was discovered that both wives are quilters.
Joe, the 12,500+ cacher
Our salad on many nights
Shortly after the rain stopped and the first game of the double header day
Chicken fettuccine alfredo before the night game at Rio Vista Park
On Friday before the Mariners vs Texas game, Rick introduced Harris to Pickle Ball at the fantastic community park across the street from Surprise stadium. After a training session with Coach Rick, Harris was able to return the ball consistently 3 out 5 tries inside the court.
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