It's been a while since I posted stats, so I included them at the end of this post (slow news day LOL).
Sunday in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. As lifelong Chicago Cubs fans, Doreen and I would be remis if we did not at least look into attending a baseball game here at the class "Single A" Myrtle Beach Pelicans. We missed out on the Knoxville TN AA Cubs because of the genius, short-sighted facility planners that decided to build a brand new baseball stadium in downtown Knoxville and NO ADJECENT PARKING. Grrrrr!
So Doreen looked into it and looked like they played at 1730 hrs today! Great! So I hopped on the Internet and also got the same impression. The way I am wording this I am giving away the punch line.. So I got the coordinates for the ball park, verifying where we could park the big ol' brown truck and how we would get there. We were both ready for a dog, a cold brew (or equivalent) and some good baseball vs the Fayetteville Woodpeckers!
The drive to the Pelicans Park was only about 10 miles. Gametime was 1730 hrs. We would arrive in plenty of time to scope out the park, get a couple tickets, take a few pictures, grab a beverage and relax a bit. Well as soon as we pulled into the park I knew we had a problem, and a quick search on the phone verified. It's an away game today! Dang it! Well, we be both got a good laugh and took a couple pictures before heading back to the campground!
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans Ballpark was a joint city/county venture that opened in 1999 as a new home for the Pelicans, the Chicago Cubs Single A minor league team that returned baseball to this area after a seven-year absence. It is known for its family-friendly atmosphere and beach-like features such as the "Pelican Beach" area. The ballpark has a capacity of over 6,500 with standing room and was also known as TicketReturn.com Field from 2012 to 2022. We were sure looking forward to attending a game today but that was not to be! As I always say, "good excuse to come back"!
So we returned to the campground and with lawn chairs, a cold beverage and our outside TV, watched the Cubs drop one to the Rockies in the bottom of the ninth with a walk-off hit to the outfield. Toward the end of the game our Alliance neighbors here from Illinois stopped by and we gave them a tour of the inside of our 310RL and some of the upgrades we've done. We enjoy seeing what others have done to their coaches and sharing what we've done.
Tomorrow is our last day here before we move just southeast of Greenville NC on Tuesday. We will do the normal "day-before-we-leave" things. We have enjoyed our stay here, especially seeing Michael and Donna Pizzi, our Alliance fam that lives here.
Stats: This is campground #30 of 37
# States Traveled Through So Far This Trip, in order: 17 (IA, MO, KS, OK, MO, IA, IL, IN, MI, WI, IA, IL, IN, KY, TN, NC, SC)
# States left to visit on this trip: 8 (NC, GA, AL, MS, TN, AR, MO, IA)
Baseball Parks Visited So Far This Trip: 1 (Myrtle Beach Pelicans)
Lighthouses visited: 2 (Oak Island Lighthouse, Old Baldy Lighthouse)
Lighthouses climbed: 2 (Oak Island Lighthouse, Old Baldy Lighthouse)
Point to point travel miles: 5454 miles
- Avg point to point travel miles between campgrounds: 176 miles
Vicinity miles: 2926 miles
- Avg vicinity miles: 101 miles
Total miles driven: 8380 miles
Total point to point driving time: 109 hrs 41 minutes
Total diesel fuel purchased: 815.049 gals
Total diesel fuel cost: $2749.15
Average diesel fuel cost/gal: $3.365
Max diesel fuel cost: $3.999 (Elkhart IN)
Min diesel fuel cost: $2.879 (Yukon OK)
Avg MPG: 11.16 miles/gal
Cost/mi of operation: $0.33
# Nights at end of this stay: 165 (Includes Griff's start)
Total lodging cost: $6903.76 (includes Griff's start)
Average cost/night: $41.84
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