First real van trip! Cedar Rapids to Minneapolis

Today is the day! After months of planning, eight students and one fearless professor are off to 17 professional baseball games during the next month. We left this morning on our first trip, to Target Field in Minneapolis to watch the Twins take on the Boston Red Sox. We began our trip with a quick game of catch in the parking lot at Coe, and it allowed all of us to stretch out before our five hour drive, in a beautiful 15 passenger van.


On our way up, we made two stops one at a Gas Station/ Culvers for a quick lunch and the other at the Minnesota state rest area, and sticking to the theme of our May Term, we always found a way to make time to play catch.  I hope that as this trip continues and the drives go from an easy five hours to a 20 hour drive from Kansas City to Denver, we continue to make time for catch!

We arrived at our hotel in Eden Prairie Minnesota at around 2, which gave us just enough time to check into our hotels, and take a solid 45 minute nap! The nap proved to be just what we all needed, before we headed into the heart of Minneapolis for the game!

Until The Next Adventure,
Ryan Rey