I still hadn’t confirmed that I could pick up the RV at 9 am yet.  The standard time for pic up is from 1 pm to 4 pm, but if you call them they can usually have it ready early.  I decided to just start the process to get to the pick up place and then just wait at the pick spot if its not yet ready.  So I catch a bus into Halifax and transfer to another bus to Sackville, then transfer to another bus to Lower Sackkville and then from there catch a cab for the last 4 miles to the pick up spot.  I saved $ 25 by thaing the buses instead of a cab from the airport.  Not sure it was worth it…

So The RV is ready I sign all the papers and the process of stocking the RV begins.  I had done some research and found out that Walmart was the only store around which carried all the things we would need.  So I follow my Garmin into Halifax and stop at the walmart.  It was EXTREMELY busy.  June 30th is the day before July 1st which in Canada is called Canada Day.  July 1st is the Canadian verison of our 4th of July.  So everyone is stocking up for the big holiday tomorrow.  So I decided to just grab a few things and hit subway for some sandwiches and get out of town.  I drove to the next big town called Trura and find a parking lot with a Walmart and a Dollarrama right next to one another, an RVers stock heaven.  I began the process of buying sleeping bags, food, kitchen items, and personal hygen products.  Everything we could possibly need for the next 2 weeks.  So its 5:30 pm and I had checked with an employee at the walmart ad they said it was OK to just park in their lot overnight.  So I hit the hay for some needed sleep and the observation deck arrangements were not the most comfortable.  Rv acqusition complete now to get to Boston.

Well the adventure of getting to the RV  begins.  Picking up the RV and then driving to Boston to pick up Ben begins.  I began this part of the journey at 1 am Monday morning.  The first flight was into Dallas arriving at 6:30 am.  Then I sat in the Dallas airport for 7 hours waiting for my 4 hour flight to Toronto.  Arriving in Toronto at 5:30 pm.   I waited 4 hours for my 9:30 flight to Halifax.  Arriving in Halifax at 1 am on Tuesday June 30th.  The plan was for me to just sleep in the airport instead of getting a motel room for just 8 hours.  I was hoping to pick up the RV at 9 am.  So I am sitting in this terminal at 1 am and there is NO ONE around.  It is completely desolate.  I decided to work on my laptop a while and then go to sleep.  I sit at the desk for awhile and decide to go get cleaned up a bit and then put my head down on the desk and sleep.  The chairs in the terminal were very uncomfortable.  So on my way to the bathroom I ran into the janitor who had just finished cleaning the mens room and I asked him about getting some food and better place to sleep in the terminal.  well, he said there is a food court just outside the terminal and the place to sleep is the observation deck.  So I got cleaned up and went just outside the terminal and here are 3 or 4 places to eat and 15 people mulling around.  So I get some food and head to the Observation Deck to check out the sleeping arrangements.  I get off the elevator on and the room is completely dark.  I go the the window that looks out over the planes below and I sit down.  Looking around I see 6 to 8 people scattered around the room in different positions sleeping.  The observation room turns into a sleeping quarters during the night.  So I curled up and grabbed some shut eye….

The idea was spawned from Ben calling Me after the night the Ducks lost to Ohio on Jan 12th.  He said “Dad lets go visit some baseball stadiums this summer”.  So I looked on Cruise America’s sight and they just happened to have a one way rental from Halifax nova scotia to toronto starting June 30th and ending July 18th.  I called Ben back and the plan began.  Ben’s goal is to visit all the baseball stadiums in the us and canada.  The trip was left on the back burner for many months.  Ben wasn’t sure when he would be working this summer and we weren’t sure how Bunny and Scott fit into the trip.  Around mid May we final determined that Ben could make the trip, Scott was going to find a job for the summer and Bunny didn’t want to go to baseball games and especially go in an RV.  The airplane tickets were booked and we began the planning.  We began laying out the route, buying tickets and finding places to park a 30 foot RV while we are in watching a baseball game.  In my mind, I really thought we would pull up to the stadium and park in the lot go into the game, come out sleep and go to the next game.  Well its not that simple.  In the NE the stadiums are located in busy downtown areas.  So the parking is really a nightmare.  We began to locate RV campgrounds within bus or cab rides to stadiums.  At this point we have all of the parking worked out except Pittsburgh.  Our schedule is as follows:

Boston July 3rd

NY Yankees July 4th & 5th

Washington Nationals July 6th

Pittsburgh July 7th

Cleveland July 8th

Chicago White Sox July 9th

Chicago Cubs July 10th

Minnesota Twins July 12th

8 stadiums in 10 days …. Let the fun begin …. Marty