The Indy 500 and one more day in the City of Indianapolis.

I always thought that I’d eventually make it to the Indy 500. It happened Yesterday, Sunday May 28th, 2023(finally). I paid $40.00 for a $115.00 ticket from a guy. Scalpers were everywhere. Until you are in the company of some 325,000 people at the biggest sports gathering in the world you have no idea what it looks or feels like. I’m glad I booked my hotel when I did because when I finally got in town (at 7pm) the night before every hotel had been sold out. I stayed in the heart of downtown Indianapolis (Hilton Garden Inn).  50 yards from The Soldiers & Sailors Monument. Look at a picture of the Monument when time permits. The day before I arrived in Indianapolis, I was in Kansas City at a Royals game. The Royals lost 12-10 to the Washington Nationals (Friday the 26th of May). The last thing I wanted to do was get up Monday morn. and drive to Detroit. I opted to stay another day/Night in Indianapolis and am glad I decided to. My goal was to learn how to ride a LIME scooter. I did. A total of nearly 2 hours of riding around the Racing Capitol of the World. I highly recommend it. The city was much quieter Monday morn. Whatever major city’s you may visit in your life, learn to ride the scooters if possible. I saw 10x what I would have normally seen. Tomorrow it’s off to Detroit and then a train ride to and from Toronto for a game between the Blue Jays and the Milwaukee Brewers (Tuesday Night). I’ll spend at least 1 night in Toronto Canada and see how I feel after that. It was a tossup as to whether I would go to St. Louis next or Toronto. I have 4 major league baseball parks left to hit and Toronto and St. Louis are two of them. What can I say about traveling around the country yet again. It gives me purpose and helps me to keep moving forward in a world where I don’t have all the answers yet (most likely never will). Big cities are BIG and they can be Cold, lonely and cutthroat places for people. It sometimes makes me sad. Best to remind ourselves how lucky we are. There are homeless everywhere.  I’m Blessed. Thank you for reading my post(Leave a comment if you’d like, I read them all). Now it’s off to Toronto in the Morning.

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