Harris and Rick suddenly realized that the time to head home was almost upon them. Games were a bit sweeter than earlier games. Rick decided to sample the food from several ballparks so he could return home with all senses satisfied.
One experience Rick and Harris could have done without was Felix getting roughed up with 5 runs in a couple of innings when the Mariners played the Cleveland Indians. But the weather was warm and once again they found shade to sit in for the game.
According to news reports, both Phoenix and Antarctica were setting all time heat records for the last week of March. Phoenix temps were upper 90's with one day of 99 degrees. Being resourceful lads, they found an ice arena to hang out at mere steps from the Mariners stadium. For several days they ate lunch and played cards there until it was time to head to the game.
It is tradition to snap a picture of the two of them and they waited until the very end to do it this year.
They discovered a neighborhood park adjacent to Goodyear Stadium to hang out prior to the game. This will be added to the ever expanding list of pre game places to eat lunch at.
On Rick's getaway day, it's tradition to treat Harris to breakfast at the Times Square Diner where the special that day was pork medallions, eggs, hash browns, toast, and coffee. It was yummy! And Rick was gone...
Harris left Thursday morning around 2:30 AM. He passed by Las Vegas around 7 AM. He was also back in long pants as the weather was chilly.
He paused at a scenic stop a couple of hours north of Vegas.
He paused again in Northern Nevada where he figured there must be a geocache. And there was...in the tree to the left.
Harris could see the line of clouds promising the end of warmth, sunshine, and dryness. He stopped outside of Boise for a couple of hours sleep and again outside La Grande, OR.
Sure enough! On the eastern side of Snoqualmie Pass the rains came. He made it home by 3:30 PM on Friday for a return trip of 37 hours. His body is trying to recover from the temperature shock of going from the mid ninety's to mid forty's.
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