Summer Vacation 2010 (Part 2)

After our visit to Arkansas we left early for Evansville, Indiana. Rick picked Evansville because it is the home of Bosse field one of the oldest baseball fields. It is the field that they used for the movie The League of Their Own.

Lucky for us Barb and Allen (more of Rick's college friends) were willing to take a 6 hour drive from Chicago to spend 24 wild hours in Evansville. Accompanying Barb and Allen were their two boys, Everett and Henry. The boys all hit it off instantly and we had a great visit albeit short.

The big boys (including Rick and Allen) went to a 10:30 PM Evansville Otters game at Bosse field. This game may be the highlight for JT as not only did they all get balls but JT and Everett both walked away with broken bats. The opposing team (the River Rats) gave the boys the bats for their loud cheering.

This trip also included a stop at the Willard Library, which is noted to be haunted by the Grey Lady and then a stop down at the river. There was a nice walking path at the edge of the river and included a small park with seals for each of the 50 states. The boys each selected their favorite states: JT: South Dakota, Zach: Rhode Island, and Everett: Montana.

We wish we could have stayed longer but we still had to stop  in Louisville before reaching our final destination of Pittsburgh. Hopefully we will get ourselves up to Chicago to visit the Haileys in their new house.