My daughter is visiting us this weekend from New England. This is the first time she has come down here since we’ve moved, so I’ve been very excited to show her our house, and the area. I’ve been taking her to a few local restaurants and she has been taking lots of pictures. She’s been helping me to do a few things around the yard that needed doing, like mowing the lawn (I have two riding mowers so she rode one while I rode one.) I especially enjoyed taking her to the shooting range yesterday; she was impressed with how well I shoot! It was also nice that the instructor at the range gave her some tips to improve her aim!
Then we went to one of my favorite all-you-can eat buffet restaurants, which we all really enjoyed. So it was a good day.
My cousin is a big Chicago Cubs fan. He sent me an email yesterday that I was just reading a few minutes ago about how excited he is that his office is going to arrange for a Wrigley roof top party for the entire office and their families. The party is going to be held at the Ivy League Baseball Club Rooftop location which is across the street from Wrigley Park.
I’ve never been to Wrigley Park, and so I find it hard to imagine that watching a game from a rooftop across the street from Wrigley Park would be better than watching the game from inside the stadium! But he says that the rooftop has a great view of the park, and is only 478 feet away from home plate!
The Ivy League Baseball Club is endorsed by the Chicago Cubs, and can accommodate from ten to two hundred people. They serve food and beverages right there on the rooftop! I was looking on the Internet at their website and saw that it looked like a great place for a party! Their website lists their menu, which is standard ballgame fare, and has an interesting fact sheet that tells about how their club is the first rooftop club that was established in 1914. He’s invited me to come join them; I’ll have to check my schedule!
My daughter has been talking about taking a Pocono rafting trip with some of her friends, and she was wondering if I’d like to come along. I asked her for details, and she told me to look at the whitewaterchallengers.com website to get a better idea of what trips are available. So I went onto the website to see what they had to offer. This is a larger company than I expected to find! They offer rafting trips in two different states, using five different rivers. They offer not only rafting, but kayaking as well. They have all different levels of adventures, from the very mild, designed for families with children as young as five years old to the very advanced adults only very sports minded athletic type people only. They have day trips and overnight up to week long camping adventures.
So I’ve been looking over the website and talking with my wife about it. I asked her if she wanted to come along, and she said it sounded like a lot of fun, and would have to see if she can get the time off of work. I think we would like to try one of the very beginner trips; my wife is not as athletic as she used to be, and I’m getting old, so we should take it easy - at least on the first try out!
