On August 17th Dave and Gavin set off on a father and son outing to the East coast. They started their trip in Boston. They left on a red eye out of Sea Tac. They arrived in Boston in the morning. They spent the first part of the day walking the Freedom Trail. The big highlight was heading to Fenway for a tour and then the Red Sox game. We are big fans around here so this was exciting for both Dave and Gavin.
Down on the field with Kevin Youkilis. :-)
Lego FenwayAfter the game they drove a few hours to stay the night in Albany NY. This put them closer to the goal of Palmyra for the next day. They then drove to Palmyra for a day of church history. They visited the Hill Cumorah, the Sacred Grove, the Smith Family home and more. We (I) thought that since they were going to be this close, they should spend the time to see these things and maybe even have a "spiritual experience".
Next they were off to Corning NY where they would spend the night in preparation for getting to Williamsport PA the next day. They were headed to opening day of the Little League World Series.
Hill sliding
Dugout
Final stop and the whole reason for the trip-- Dream Fields at Cooperstown NY. Gavins select team planned to spend a week playing in the Dreams Park tournament. The boys had a great time. It was a long week of baseball. The weather was really raining and ugly. They had a few games canceled and even played a game at 1:00 am.
The boys all stayed at the park in dorms. Dave stayed in a scary rental house with some other parents.
Opening day
Visiting the Hall Of Fame
playing ball
Closing ceremonies and pin trading. Pin trading was huge. Gavin has quite a collection.
I'd say this in one lucky boy. Hopefully I can get Dave and Gavin to add their thoughts to this.
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