Was a little confused when we found out that stocking caps were the door giveaway at the Fargo-Moorhead Redhakws minor league game we went to last night. Stocking caps — in June.
But then again, it was North Dakota and it was cold yesterday. We left Bloomington, Minnesota yesterday morning for Fargo a little before lunchtime, for what was about a four-hour drive up I-94 into North Dakota. We ended up getting there almost four hours before game time, without much of a plan.
We drove around the campus of North Dakota State University — since the baseball team plays at a field on their campus — before stopping for an early buffalo wings dinner. The area around NDSU reminded me a lot of Gainesville.
We were excited for some minor league ball, and had some great seats two rows behind the visitors dugout, but rain delayed the game two hours. We hung out on the concourse in our stylish stocking caps — gotta support the team, as Puddy would say on Seinfeld. It was too bad we were so full from the wings, because the concessions were cheap, but I did still grab some delicious mini-donuts, and Justin went for a hot dog.
First pitch wasn’t until 8:54, but at least we got to see some baseball. After about an hour and a half though, we decided to hit the road to gain some ground for today. We left after 3 1/2 innings, with the Redhawks down 3-1, but read later that they rallied to win 4-3, with the go-ahead run coming in the bottom of the sixth.
We drove a little over 200 miles after the game, getting into Sioux Falls, South Dakota at around 2:30 in the morning. Our goal for today is to cross the state and get some sleep near Mount Rushmore, so we can get up early Thursday to see it before making our way to Yellowstone.
Shouldn’t be too bad of a day on the road — under 400 miles. Hopefully we’ll settle into a place early tonight so that we can watch the Red Wings/Penguins game.
Looks a little nicer out today, so we probably won’t need our stocking caps. But who knows, it could be cold again once we hit Canada.
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