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We've been eating a drinking inward Milwaukee for a lilliputian spell now. Let’s plough to something else the metropolis does real well…sports!

Baseball is our sport. One of our move goals is to catch each Major League stadium. There are 30 of them altogether.  Our primary reason…but non the exclusively one…to see Milwaukee is to notch our 22^nd stadium, Miller Park.

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Before that, nosotros pass a lilliputian fourth dimension seeing the metropolis along the fantastic Riverwalk that winds through downtown. We practise a flake of pub crawling…which yous tin flaming catch inward to a greater extent than exceptional inward this week’s Cocktail Hour, TheMilwaukee Pub Crawl.  Go ahead, click on that link together with cheque it out.  We’ll live hither when yous teach back…

One of our rules for stadium trips is that Tim makes all the arrangements for tickets. At Miller Park, at that topographic point is no proficient populace transit, thus Tim too buys a parking transcend which yous tin flaming purchase inward advance for $9 if you’re handicapped…normally $15 on weekend games at the gate.

Turns out nosotros could pick out gone on our hotel’s shuttle for gratis but that’s ane to grow on.  Maybe adjacent time.

Being an idiot, I had left our handicapped parking placard dorsum on our car’s rearview mirror which was immediately sitting inward the parking lot of the aerodrome inward Ontario, California.  Luckily, at the gate, I was able to exhibit the parking attendant the wheelchair inward the dorsum together with explicate what a moron I was together with he allow us in.

We were directed to commons inward the tailgating area.  Here inward Milwaukee, that way something.  Approximately half dozen – 7,000 people surrounded us, barbecuing, drinking, playing games, together with to a greater extent than oft than non having a proficient time.  It’s said to live the largest tailgate political party anywhere inward baseball.  I believe it.

We pass a lilliputian fourth dimension exploring the stadium together with visiting the gift store where Tim together with I purchase t-shirts to vesture for the game.  You mightiness notice that my shirt does non state “Brewers” on it. Instead, it says “Cerveceros.” More on that inward a bit.

Come game time, nosotros discovery our seats upwardly higher upwardly 3rd base of operations inward the upper deck. We’re upwardly pretty high but the views are soundless fantastic. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 friend of mine from high schoolhouse meets us at the game together with nosotros pass the adjacent iii hours catching upwardly on the 30 summation years since we’ve seen each other.  It was a peachy time.

As far equally the game went, this evening was Cerveceros Night where the squad celebrates Hispanic heritage past times changing the squad mention for a 24-hour interval (the visitors were the Piratas from Pittsburgh), playing mariachi together with Latin music, together with bringing out a special jalapaño mascot for the evening.

The Brewers…er, Cerveceros…handily trounce the Piratas 5-1 during this evening’s game, putting a win inward the middle of a losing streak. 

You tin flaming catch to a greater extent than of our thoughts on the stadium at our Field of Dreams written report on Miller Park (click on either of those links).

The adjacent morning, after approximately other delicious breakfast at the wonderful Ambassador Hotel, nosotros jump on the throughway together with caput due north a lilliputian to a greater extent than than 100 miles.

In a spot where I catch cypher but endless trees together with real lilliputian prove of civilization, there’s a sign that says “Lambeau Field Next Exit.” We pick out ended upwardly inward the pretty town of Green Bay.

Not real good signed from the exit, all the same nosotros finally practise catch the stadium lights (it’s pretty much the highest scream for inward town) together with brand our way over.

Home of the Green Bay Packers, at that topographic point are stadium tours given virtually everyday. In the Atrium connected to the side of the stadium, at that topographic point is too an extensive gift store together with a restaurant.

We’re hither for the tour together with to encounter my friend afterwards for lunch.  We discovery out the history of the team, founder Curly Lambeau, together with legendary coach Vince Lombardi. The squad has won to a greater extent than championships than whatever other inward the NFL. The gift store sells to a greater extent than items than whatever other gift shop, inward whatever sport, inward the world.

The guide together with thus tells us that NFL rules prohibit us from videotaping inward the stadium itself, thus nosotros must rely on our soundless photographic boob tube camera to tell the balance of the story.

The grass is embedded alongside plastic strands to continue it from getting worn out together with having to live constantly replaced. 90% of the seats are merely patently apartment bleachers. After the electrical flow renovation is complete, it volition pick out the mo highest capacity after Dallas.

It’s a fun tour together with luncheon at Curly’s Pub is delicious.  Now, it’s fourth dimension to pack it up, caput dorsum to Milwaukee, together with deed on to our adjacent destination.

Darryl

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