catbox_9's 2009 Road Trip Thread

I have never been there,

bobrob2004 wrote:

I really liked it in Chicago. I want to go back.

Me, too! I didn't even see Wrigley or the Billy Goat Tavern!

I should have gone to Chicago today and saw a White Sox game That's as close as all ever get to seeing a perfect game.

catbox_9 wrote:

bobrob2004 wrote:

I really liked it in Chicago. I want to go back.

Me, too! I didn't even see Wrigley or the Billy Goat Tavern!

I should have gone to Chicago today and saw a White Sox game That's as close as all ever get to seeing a perfect game.

I probably won't ever see one either

Day 6: Grand Blanc, MI to Detroit, MI



DISTANCE: 60.42 miles
States Visited: 1 (Michigan)

catbox_9 wrote:

bobrob2004 wrote:

I really liked it in Chicago. I want to go back.

Me, too! I didn't even see Wrigley or the Billy Goat Tavern!

I should have gone to Chicago today and saw a White Sox game That's as close as all ever get to seeing a perfect game.

I wonder how many no-shows they had for that White Sox game

Imagine having tickets and not going at the last minute

Day 6 Observations:

Went to my first Tigers (or any MI team) home game. They lost Stadium was okay but I hate to admit it wasn't my favorite. Fans appeared to arrive on time and stay the whole game compared to the CA stadiums. Very few Seattle fans whereas in all CA/AZ stadiums you see a lot of visiting fans regardless of who is playing. Must be because so many people move to those states.

I met gs78 before the game.

I went to Cheli's Chili Bar after the game. Food was nothing special but if you like to party during/after a game it's probably a good place to go. Food was really cheap, too which I was surprised by. Some cool memorabilia in there but not a lot. I'd like to go to Hockeytown Cafe next time to see if it is better.

catbox_9 wrote:

Day 6 Observations:

Went to my first Tigers (or any MI team) home game. They lost Stadium was okay but I hate to admit it wasn't my favorite. Fans appeared to arrive on time and stay the whole game compared to the CA stadiums. Very few Seattle fans whereas in all CA/AZ stadiums you see a lot of visiting fans regardless of who is playing. Must be because so many people move to those states.

I met gs78 before the game.

I went to Cheli's Chili Bar after the game. Food was nothing special but if you like to party during/after a game it's probably a good place to go. Food was really cheap, too which I was surprised by. Some cool memorabilia in there but not a lot. I'd like to go to Hockeytown Cafe next time to see if it is better.

Cheli's is a cool place to go; There is another one on Michigan Ave in Dearborn


Hockeytown Cafe is cool too


Check it out the next time you are in Detroit

For sure I'm going to hockeytown next time I'm in Detroit. I want to try Nemo's, too. Next time I go to Detroit I'm going to Canada...preferably Toronto not just Windsor. I was going to go today but I decided I'd rather go to the game with my uncle than go by myself and then go to Windsor.

Tomorrow I'm going to Fenton to visit some different family and on Saturday I'm going to Ann Arbor.

catbox_9 wrote:

Day 6 Observations:

Went to my first Tigers (or any MI team) home game. They lost Stadium was okay but I hate to admit it wasn't my favorite. Fans appeared to arrive on time and stay the whole game compared to the CA stadiums. Very few Seattle fans whereas in all CA/AZ stadiums you see a lot of visiting fans regardless of who is playing. Must be because so many people move to those states.

If you go to an Indians or White Sox game, you'll see a lot of their fans. The main reason that you didn't see a lot of Mariners fans was probably due to how far away they are.

hey! Don't diss Iowa too badly....it was a great place to grow up. I had to do the I-80 drive from Sacramento to nearly Toledo 7 years ago, so I know the desolation!

bobrob2004 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

Day 6 Observations:

Went to my first Tigers (or any MI team) home game. They lost Stadium was okay but I hate to admit it wasn't my favorite. Fans appeared to arrive on time and stay the whole game compared to the CA stadiums. Very few Seattle fans whereas in all CA/AZ stadiums you see a lot of visiting fans regardless of who is playing. Must be because so many people move to those states.

If you go to an Indians or White Sox game, you'll see a lot of their fans. The main reason that you didn't see a lot of Mariners fans was probably due to how far away they are.

That is true;


However; when Ichiro first hit the majors; there used to be quite a few Japanese/ Asian fans at Comerica wearing Ichiro jerseys or T shirts;

You don't really see that anymore


There was a Japanese/ Asian guy sitting next to me the other night; but he was wearing a Tigers cap and he booed Ichiro

bobrob2004 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

Day 6 Observations:

Went to my first Tigers (or any MI team) home game. They lost Stadium was okay but I hate to admit it wasn't my favorite. Fans appeared to arrive on time and stay the whole game compared to the CA stadiums. Very few Seattle fans whereas in all CA/AZ stadiums you see a lot of visiting fans regardless of who is playing. Must be because so many people move to those states.

If you go to an Indians or White Sox game, you'll see a lot of their fans. The main reason that you didn't see a lot of Mariners fans was probably due to how far away they are.

I don't think it's just the distance. If I go to a Dodgers-Marlins game I see a decent number of Marlins fans (not too many as they have few fans). A Dodgers-Brewers game has quite a few Brewers fans. I don't think I saw even 10 Mariners fans at the game.

laprimamirala wrote:

hey! Don't diss Iowa too badly....it was a great place to grow up. I had to do the I-80 drive from Sacramento to nearly Toledo 7 years ago, so I know the desolation!

I'm actually pro-Iowa. A lot of my dead ancestors from my dad's family are buried there.

Day 7:

Didn't go very far. Went to Flint and Fenton which are near each other so I'm not going to bother looking up how far I traveled. I went to some store in Flint called The Great Divide which sells a bunch of Michigan and Michigan State stuff.

I went to Fenton and saw the liquor store (now called the Hayloft...I think) my grandfather used to own on Loon (sp?) Lake. I also saw the mobile home park he used to own and my mom's childhood home, also on the lake. I've seen all this before so it was nothing new.

Went to a different cousin of mine's house in Fenton for a while. Nothing terribly exciting happened there.

Going to Ann Arbor tomorrow.

Ann Arbor..
That's where U of M is right?
Cool.

I'm glad you got to make it on the trip.

--
PS, yeah I'm back.

grandyporcfan wrote:

Ann Arbor..
That's where U of M is right?
Cool.

I'm glad you got to make it on the trip.

--
PS, yeah I'm back.

Sure is!

(back)

Day 8:

Grand Blanc, MI to Ann Arbor, MI

DISTANCE: 51.30 Miles

States Visited: 1 (Michigan)

Day 8 Observations:

Went to Ann Arbor. What a cool college town that is. Doesn't have the huge city feel like Los Angeles, but it's big enough (114,000) such that it's like a small city. Spent most of the time at the UM campus. Campus is also pretty neat - much cooler than UCLA (older, too!). Campus didn't take up a whole lot of room which was surprising as campuses tend to be rather large unless they're in places like LA where real estate gets too expensive.

All the athletic venues are within walking distance of campus which is also very cool - very few of UCLA's venues are within walking distance (unless you like walking 30ish miles to see a football game).

Some Ann Arbor pictures...

Michigan Stadium:

Crisler Arena:

well, you didn't make it to North Campus! We have quite a little thriving office complex there! and classrooms too! (Dept. of Engineering)

catbox_9 wrote:

grandyporcfan wrote:

Ann Arbor..
That's where U of M is right?
Cool.

I'm glad you got to make it on the trip.

--
PS, yeah I'm back.

Sure is!

(back)

Awesome pictures! And it looks like you enjoyed it!

Thanks, btw!

You need to check our East Lansing and see MSU. Their campus is in one section, unlike U or M. It has some really great old buildings. The pic below shows the main campus. Tho only other area not shown are the fields used for agriculture. It also has a great smaller town feel.


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Or check out my school;

Madonna University


Yeah Right!

My school sucks!


Wish I could have attended MSU or U of M


But I am not even gonna go there


Much


Actually I am

My last serious girlfriend's ex went to MSU; which his principal father and english teacher mother paid for [ Fuck them; hope they die too]

and of course they got back together after he graduated;


And gs78 has been a lonely boy ever since


And will be so the rest of his life

Sorry Catbox to rant on your thread

But shit like this brings back old wounds

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

You need to check our East Lansing and see MSU. Their campus is in one section, unlike U or M. It has some really great old buildings. The pic below shows the main campus. Tho only other area not shown are the fields used for agriculture. It also has a great smaller town feel.

Didn't make it to MSU or WMU or CMU or EMU

Michigan portion of the trip is over

Day 9:

Grand Blanc, MI to Hohenwald, TN

Distance: 677.75 miles

States Visited: 4 (Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee)

Day 9 Observations:

Stuck in Tennessee now :puke2:

People I'm staying with don't even have a computer or the internet Currently at someone else's house for a few minutes and I'm stealing someone else's internet.

I'm surprised how few Confederate flags I've seen....still seen plenty though

I'm disappointed that my mom's dead brother's ex-wife (the person I'm staying with) has a heavy Southern accent despite being born and raised in Michigan until she was like 30 (she's under 40 now)

Back in your favorite place east of CA?

I remember the first time you went there, haha.