Thursday, July 25, 2019

Next up; Cruising, Ben and a little baseball

Map showing the port stops for Canada & Colonial America. For more details, refer to the disclaimer below and the itinerary port table on this page.
Our itinerary...…..except Charleston SC has replaced Norfolk, Va

The carry on luggage and backpacks have been put away for a month.  It's time to pull them out, throw in a few clothes and head out.  The modes of transportation for this adventure will be by ship, train, car and airplane.  Hopefully it'll give us a little reprieve from the heat and humidity of the Florida summer.
First up is a thirteen night cruise up the east coast from Ft. Lauderdale to Quebec City.  There are multiple stops along the way in both the US and the Canadian Maritimes.  From Quebec City we'll travel by train to Montreal for a few days before taking another train to Toronto.  After a few days in Toronto we'll be picking up a rental car and driving, by way of Niagara Falls. to spend a little time with Ben in Pennsylvania before flying back to the sunshine state.
As fate would have it, we'll be able to take in a few baseball games along the way.  Our plans are to catch the Marlins, Blue Jays and Pirates.  This will leave only the Angels, Indians and Tigers to check off the list to achieve the goal of seeing a home game in every MLB city.  That's a lot of hot dogs, nachos and peanuts!
In addition to seeing the big boys play, we're also looking forward to taking in a game or two of the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.
As usual, there'll be plenty of blogs along the journey.