To read more about how the stadium came to be, read this background post. I mentioned that I was pregnant during Stadium Tour #4, and my son was born in Fall 2015. So, for Stadium Tour #5, we had to add the new logistics of accommodating a baby and his need to eat. I’m going …
When we started the stadium tour, we joked that Houston was likely going to be one of the last places we went. No offense to Houston, but it’s not exactly a top vacation destination. Yet, Houston has one very important attribute that made it incredibly attractive for four Midwesterners – it’s warm. 2015 was an …
To learn more about the history of the Stadium Tour, read this. Our third stadium tour took us to the StubHub Center (now the Dignity Health Sports Park), home of the LA Galaxy and Chivas USA (at that time). Our trip was scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend in 2014, the year of the World Cup …
The post originally appeared on my previous blog on November 28, 2010. While many of you were out shopping on Black Friday, my husband and I took a road trip to Asheville, NC. Asheville is northwest of Charlotte and in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. We’d been told by many people that we had to …
This year’s stadium tour took us to Orlando to see Orlando City SC play the Houston Dynamo. We made a long vacation out of the stadium tour, starting in Tampa for the baseball game, then spending the week at the Orlando theme parks, and ending with the Orlando City game. For the first time, we …
This post appeared on my previous blog in July 2010. My husband and I had a friend visit over the weekend so we had the opportunity to be tourists in our own city. Granted, we’re still learning our way around and exploring the area, so it wasn’t much of a stretch. One place I’ve wanted …
… how about you, you, you? Do you know that song? Raffi is the soundtrack to my childhood. Every time I take my son to the zoo, I sing it to him. I’m sure as soon as he can talk, he’ll tell me to stop. When we lived in Wisconsin, we lived very close to the …
The next stop on our first stadium tour was to head south to see the Portland Timbers. We had heard the fan culture in Portland was just as passionate as Seattle, so we were eager to compare. In fact, we had to buy tickets the day they came out because they sell out games so …
To learn more about how the MLS Stadium Tour came to be, read more here. Our first stadium tour was a two-fer for soccer: Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers. We figured if we were spending the money on plane tickets to the Pacific Northwest, we may as well get our money’s worth! We tried to …
As I’ve mentioned before, Hubby, my youngest sister (Sis), and her husband (my BIL) began the official “Stadium Tour” in 2012. Hubby and I have been to stadiums on our own (like Dallas), and Sis and BIL have been to games on their own. We’ve also been to stadiums and matches together that are not …