Mik's Mini Bat Collection: Mariners Logos

The mini bat selection at the Mariners was pretty good. Mik ended up choosing one that has the three different Mariners logos on it. It includes the S logo, the Mariners logo, and the circle Seattle Mariners logo. It has a natural wood finish.

Car Stickers Update: Seattle Mariners

The sticker options were pretty sad at the Mariners. Most had players on them and that just would not do with the logo theme. We ended up settling on a white Mariners logo one. It is way bigger than all the other team ones. Actually, probably takes up the same amount of space as the four stickers currently on the National League side. At least the American League has two less teams than the National League. We just hope we do not have to settle for too many more big ones. Tomorrow with a sticker from the Twins game the sides will be even for the first time and the American League will end up ahead for the first time after the White Sox game on Friday.

Smashed Pennies: Safeco Field

The Seattle Mariners have a penny machine in their Main Team Shop. It had the normal amount of four designs to choose from. Since this is a ballpark trip I choose the one that says Safeco Field. Mik choose one of the Seattle Mariners logo ones for his collection.

Day 13: Klondike Gold Rush National Park in Seattle

We got to the Mariners game about four hours early, so we could have time to walk over to the Klondike Gold Rush National Park location in Seattle, which was located a few blocks from Safeco Field. The main reason I wanted to go was to add a National Park stamp to the blue section of the passport. Maybe, by the end of the trip I can end up with at least one stamp in each section.

The Klondike Gold Rush National Park is actually an international system of parks in Canada and the United States. The Seattle location is located in the historic Cadillac Hotel in the Pioneer Square neighborhood, where many of those that went in search of gold stocked up on supplies before heading to the Klondike. The Seattle location is simply a small two level exhibit that shows the main journey of five different people that went in search of gold in the Klondike Gold Rush including Nordstrom, who started a shoe store in Seattle after he came back from searching for gold and that store later evolved into the Nordstrom department store chain.



My favorite part was they had embossing stations as you journeyed the route the gold seekers went. This included one saying Seattle, one saying Yukon Territory, and one saying Alaska Territory.



It was a fun place to visit, although Mik did not even care to see anything and he just sat by a bench and played MLB on his PSP. He did at least try the interactive exhibit that you stand on a scale that then tells you your value in gold if you were worth your weight in gold. The scale is actually like a wheelchair roll on scale, so Mik could actually try it just like when he gets weighed in his chair at the doctor’s.

Day 14: Long Driving Day

Today we got up around 5am to pack up the tent and leave for Bismark. We got on the road a little after 6am. We have pretty much driven straight through the day only stopping for gas, bathroom breaks, and to get a late lunch/dinner. We also made a stop in Idaho at the Welcome Center to take a photo of Mik and me by the Welcome to Idaho sign since it is the first time we have both been to Idaho.

We are currently still in Montana with Dad’s GPS currently saying we will get to the campground in Bismark around 3am. Tomorrow is another mostly driving day, but only about 7 hours of driving to get to the campground in Minneapolis. Also, we are going to stop at the Roger Maris Museum in Fargo, ND, hence why we did not make the stretch to drive straight through to Minneaoplis and just sleep at a random rest area.

Mik’s Food Scrapbook: Husky Delicatessen

Husky Deli is where we had ice cream on Day 12 when we spent the day mostly shopping. We went there just to have the ice cream. Mik had chocolate chip cookie dough, which is his favorite ice cream flavor. He liked it, especially since it had large chunks of cookie dough. I had the Reese’s Peanut Butter flavor, which I thought was very good, but Mik seemed to think was only okay. I think he did not like that the ice cream base was chocolate. Dad had licorice, which Mik refused to try since he hates licorice and it definitely was true to its name.

Smashed Penny: Avenue of the Giants

At the Avenue of the Giants there was a gift shop near the end of the drive that had a smashed penny machine. It only had the one design, so Mik and I got the same penny this time. The design has images of redwoods and says Avenue of the Giants along the top and says California Redwoods on the bottom.