The Phallic Road Trip

29 down, 1 to go.

Last night, we made our way to Chase Field in Phoenix to catch a game between the Brewers and the Diamondbacks. Randy Johnson gave up seven runs in the first three innings, before being pulled. While the Diamondbacks chipped away at the lead for the rest of the game, they fell short, losing 8-6.

Fortunately — as in Houston — the park in Phoenix has a retractable roof because it was hot yesterday. As we were driving in, the GPS read 109 degrees. Later that night, on the highway heading up to Flagstaff — where we crashed for the night — the temperature read 98.

We didn’t have the most exciting of drives yesterday from Los Angeles to Phoenix. Aside from a small city called Blythe at the California/Arizona border, the drive along I-10 was across desert as far as the eye could see.

We hit some construction traffic coming into Phoenix, but still were able to make it to Tempe to meet John and Justin’s friend, Jamie, for Whataburger. John went for the double, but unfortunately couldn’t stomach it, despite how excited he was to make it there.

After dropping Jamie off, we headed towards the field, walking to our seats right as the first pitch was thrown. We had some pretty obnoxious Brewers fans behind us, but they calmed down after Milwaukee took a big lead.

Still torn with whether or not I liked Miller Park in Milwaukee or this park more, in terms of retractable roof stadiums. This one definitely had more going on on the concourses; Justin and I got totally unnecessary Panda Express in the 7th. While we munched, John met up with his uncle and cousins, who were also at the game.

Today, we’re finishing the about 90-mile drive to the Grand Canyon, where we’ll stop before heading towards Zion National Park. We’ll probably sleep somewhere near Zion, so that we can see it in the morning before heading towards the Arches, and then to Denver.

Little cooler today, since we’re at a higher altitude — only 83. It’s not that I couldn’t handle the heat if I ever had to live in Phoenix, but it would definitely take some getting used to.

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