Monday, August 11, 2008

Day 135 – My Biggest Stumbling Block

Added a new method of travel to my journey as I took the train to Windsor. It is a little more comfortable of a ride than the bus and they have electrical outlets so I didn’t have to worry my laptop battery would die. I ended up sleeping most of the trip anyways due to the early morning departure though.

I was staying in Windsor, well LaSalle to be exact, w/my cousin for the Detroit series. Once it Windsor, after grabbing some lunch I got on a city bus and after transferring onto another bus I got to my cousin’s place.

I found out that my cousin’s roommate was going to the game tonight and I could get a ride w/him. He was going w/some of his friends who me met up w/at the Windsor Bus Terminal. We took one of the tunnel buses (one of the special ones that goes right to Comerica Park). The problem was the tunnel was completely jammed and it took forever (at least 1.5 hrs) to get through the tunnel and across the border.

By the time the bus got to the ballpark, the game had already started. I didn’t have tickets yet so I figured it would be quicker to just buy from a scalper. Since the game had already started at least I could use that to bargain but on the other hand I was in a rush and that hurt since I didn’t want to waste time bargaining too much. I finally made it in as Marcum was recording the 2nd out in the bottom of the 2nd. This game is now officially the most of any game I have missed (whether it be start, middle, or end).

After the game met up w/my cousin’s roommate and friends and we went back across the border on the tunnel bus.

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