Day 2 took us to Hammond Sports Complex, Spring Training home of the Minnesota Twins who were hosting my childhood team, the Pittsburgh Pirates. We both got decked out in Buccos regalia for this event, but not before a visit to Fort Myers Beach. Two words: avoid. it. at least during spring break. We sat in traffic for 45 minutes for the privilege of paying $6 to park and then be mobbed and huckstered most of the time we were there. The beach itself was pretty and the water blue, but the clientele and the strip of bars right behind the beach were not what I expected. Bath houses were hard to find and we didn't arrive dressed for the beach, so had to change in the car. Because the traffic was so bad (even at 10 am) we couldn't stay as long as we'd hoped or we'd miss much of the ballgame. Not that I wanted to stay for long anyway...
Hammond Sports Complex is a very nice place and we had fantastic seats. I hadn't realized that part of the reason our first game was so much fun was our seats in the shade. Even though these were among the best seats I have ever had for a game, it didn't last long because the sun was beating down on us. The temps were in the high 70s and it wasn't very humid at all, but the stadium risers pretty much blocked out any breeze. If we walked out into the concourse, it was very comfortable but in the stands it became quite uncomfortable, and you can see what colors the Bucs fans wear. About 5 innings was all we could take, but the Bucs took this one, meaning that our team had won each of the games we'd been to so far.
Day 2 took us to Hammond Sports Complex, Spring Training home of the Minnesota Twins who were hosting my childhood team, the Pittsburgh Pirates. We both got decked out in Buccos regalia for this event, but not before a visit to Fort Myers Beach. Two words: avoid. it. at least during spring break. We sat in traffic for 45 minutes for the privilege of paying $6 to park and then be mobbed and huckstered most of the time we were there. The beach itself was pretty and the water blue, but the clientele and the strip of bars right behind the beach were not what I expected. Bath houses were hard to find and we didn't arrive dressed for the beach, so had to change in the car. Because the traffic was so bad (even at 10 am) we couldn't stay as long as we'd hoped or we'd miss much of the ballgame. Not that I wanted to stay for long anyway...
Hammond Sports Complex is a very nice place and we had fantastic seats. I hadn't realized that part of the reason our first game was so much fun was our seats in the shade. Even though these were among the best seats I have ever had for a game, it didn't last long because the sun was beating down on us. The temps were in the high 70s and it wasn't very humid at all, but the stadium risers pretty much blocked out any breeze. If we walked out into the concourse, it was very comfortable but in the stands it became quite uncomfortable, and you can see what colors the Bucs fans wear. About 5 innings was all we could take, but the Bucs took this one, meaning that our team had won each of the games we'd been to so far.
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