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It’s been a few weeks since my Cleveland trip, but I thought I should share the best moment of my vacation. It was 80s night at Jacob’s Field and I was sporting my, now famous, moustache.

The Jumbotron was showing pop culture items from various 80s staples. All of a sudden I realized that we were on the Jumbotron. The camera zoomed in on Rob & I and we both went nuts. He held up his Ghostbusters t-shirt and I kept stroking my moustache.

Now, I admit, I thought I was the main focus since they had showed Magnum PI on the Jumbotron. It wasn’t until 10 or 15 seconds into our Jumbotron fame that I realized the theme song for Ghostbusters was playing and Rob and his Ghostbusters t-shirt was the main focus. So, now looking back at these photos, I just look like a creepy French spy.

We were on screen for a long time, I would guess around 30 seconds. Jim even had time to take out his camera and snap a few pictures. After the game, I went back and shaved my moustache thinking that it had reached it’s pinnacle moment. That night at the bars, a few dozen people recognized Rob and his Ghostbusters t-shirt. “Hey, you’re the Jumbotron guy.” I guess that’s the price of fame, and the importance of a disguise.

*Hat tip to Dan Conderman for the cropped photo.

A lot of people have been asking about my vacation, so I thought I’d just write about it on here.  It was a very enjoyable time.  Molly and I drove straight-thru to Virginia on Saturday and came back, driving straight-thru, the following Saturday.  In between this time, we mostly hung out with my family and my friend, Matt.

On Saturday, we left Madison at 5AM and arrived to Yorktown, VA at midnight.  The most exciting thing we encountered on that trip was our lunch at Chick-Fil-A.  That Sunday we mostly rested and visited with my Aunt & Uncle, with Matt and my cousins coming over for dinner as well.  On Monday we visited Yorktown and I took the picture you see with a cannonball still stuck in the side of a building.  On Tuesday we went to Williamsburg with my Aunt and my 4 year old cousin, Emily.  That evening, we drove to Chesapeake and met with Matt to watch the first half of the NCAA Championship game.

On Wednesday we relaxed and stayed in.  Thursday was our trip to Baltimore to see the Yankees/Orioles game at Camden.  Camden Yards is great, but the game was pretty disappointing.  I also experienced the horror of Northern Virginia traffic.

We relaxed and grilled out on Friday with family and Matt.  We left at 5 AM on Saturday and arrived back in Madison at 9:15 PM.  The way back included a failed stop in West Virginia where both the bathrooms were out of order.

Overall, it was a wonderful trip.  I’m not a big fan of having the entire week of vacation planned out, I like to just take things day by day.  The only day we planned ahead for was the trip to Baltimore on Thursday.  I have spent a lot of time in Yorktown, VA, so the trip was about seeing the people, not the attractions.  I also enjoyed all of the food we ate.  My Aunt made us either pancakes or waffles every morning.  Molly and I have decided that we’ll probably make this an annual trip.  My Uncle just got a pretty sweet boat, so we’ll probably push it out to May every year.

It’s 11:00 PM and I’m about to go to bed.  Tomorrow morning, Molly and I are waking up and going to attempt to drive straight thru to Yorktown, VA.  It is about a 16-17 hour drive, so we’ll see how it goes.  She’s going to take the early shift (which I’ll sleep during), I’ll drive in the afternoon, she’ll drive the evening and I’ll finish up the late hours.  If we get tired, we’ll get a hotel somewhere along the line.  The problem is I’d like to at least get 12 hours of driving in, but I don’t want to stay at a hotel with only 4 hours remaining.

I’m going down to see some family and meet up with my friend, Matt.  The only thing I have planned out is a Yankees/Orioles game in Camden Yards.  Everything else is up in the air and I’m pretty pleased about that.  It sucks when your entire vacation is scheduled out.  I plan to relax, eat some good food and have some nice conversations.  As long as that is accomplished, along with a safe drive there and back, it will be a very successful vacation.  Besides, I’m ready for a week away from work.

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