Sunday, March 6, 2011

A very unexpected weekend

The WINNER and her guest
Christine won a free trip to the Minnesota Twins spring training camp in Ft. Myers, Florida!  A free trip!  Airfare, transfers, hotel and game tickets...all...FREE!!!

And she invited me!!!

Jeff, Sandi, Jason, Cora, Joe, Christine (Gang of Six)
The best part of the trip was meeting Sandi, Jason, Cora and Joe. We were an inseparable group....literally.

I honestly believe I have never had so much beer in my life.

Hammond Stadium
The Twins play in a beautiful outdoor ballfield, Hammond Stadium. SunCountry Vacations got great seats behind home plate for the group of about 60 to watch the game.

at the game

Joe Schmidt, Sandi, Bill Smith, Chris
Friday night 1500AM ESPN hosted a live radio show at the hotel. Joe Schmidt from KSTP was the celebrity host for the weekend. Bill Smith, the Twins General Manager, was a guest on the show and stayed to talk and have fun.
Joe Mauer's brother, Jake, was also there.



Saturday was a free day.  I rented a mini-van from Enterprise and the Gang of Six headed north of Ft. Myers to visit an eco-tour/farm.

Michelle our guide had a great deadpan delivery, a wandering eye that could see alligators everywhere, and a lot of Florida eco-knowledge.

Spring Break, Ft. Myer Beach
From eco-tour to half-naked college kids at Spring Break in Ft. Myers Beach.

Ron Gardenhire, Twins coach
with our Twins gear on
Joe Mauer, catcher

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