A Day In The Life...: June 2008

For All the Sports Fans...part 2

ARCO Arena, located Sacramento, California, is the home to NBA's Sacramento Kings and WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs.

AT&T Park is the home to the San Francisco Giants. The park opened in 2000 officially replacing Candlestick Park as the home of the Giants. Three bronze statues of the Giants all-time greats adorn the park's exterior. The Willie Mays statue is located in front of the ballpark entrance at Willie Mays Plaza. Another statue dedicated to Willie McCovey stands over McCovey Cove where many homerun balls land. A third statue, of former Giant pitcher Juan Marichal sits outside the right-field gate entrance.

Oakland's McAfee Coliseum is a multi-purpose stadium and serves as the home for the Oakland Atheltic's and the Oakland Raiders. The stadium was formerly known as the Oakland-Alameda Stadium

Located adjacent to 'The Coliseum' is the Oracle Arena. Home to the NBA's GoldenState Warriors.

Road Trip, Day 3

This morning started with a trip to the California State Capitol building

Next, was a visit to the historic Governor's Mansion. Unfortunately, it was undergoing a major facelift. They did, however, have this scaled down model of the mansion. No longer serving as the Governor's official residence, it is now used primarily for public and state ceremonies and events. Governor George Pardee was the first governor to live in the mansion and Ronald Reagan was the last.

Named after the founder of United Farm Worker union this small open space is nestled in downtown Sacramento. Surrounded with tall old palm trees, flowers and grass it is a great place to relax during the day. Many times during the year, various musicians play on temporary stages set up on the small northern meadow. During my visit, a vendors had gathered to set up their stands for the Farmer's Market.

A quick stop at the local Hard Rock Cafe to add to my collection...

Next stop, Oakland and San Francisco...baseball, anyone?

For All the Sports Fans...part 1

Here, I am attempting to live out every sportsfan's dream: visit every Major League Baseball park...but I'm also trying to visit their Minor League affiliations.

First, SafeCo Field, the home of the Seattle Mariners...

Second, Cheney Stadium, the home of the Tacoma Rainiers (Mariners AAA)...

Third, PGE Park, home of the Portland Beavers (Padres AAA)

Next is Raley Field, home of the Sacramento RiverCats (A's AAA)

Road Trip, Day 2

With approximately 600 miles to travel to Sacramento, I didn't expect to make too many stops...

I did, however, snapped this photo of the State Capitol in Salem prior to jumping on I-5 South.

This is a photo of Mt Shasta at 70mph...

I finally arrived in Sacramento at 7pm...time to find a hotel and crash for the night

Next: California State Capitol, Hard Rock, Oakland A's game, San Francisco AT&T Park and maybe...Apple HQ.

Road Trip, Day 1 (part 2)

The Grotto, known as The National Sanctuary of our Sorrowful Mother, is a Catholic sanctuary, in Portland, Oregon. Nestled both at the foot of and on top of a cliff. A large meditation hall (far right) whose main chamber is at clifftop level extends down to the foot of the cliff; the cross on the hall is visible many miles

away. In addition

to a church and a plaza with a replica of The Pieta (right), there are several thousand feet of trails, including a trail of the Stations of the Cross, along which the faithful may pass in contemplation.

Nike World Campus located at One Bowerman Drive in Beaverton, OR. The original Nike World Headquarters is comprised of 74 acres. To keep pace with the growth often company, Nike embarked in 1995 on a 90-acre expansion project immediately north of the original campus. In doing so, Nike was able to consolidate the offices onto one campus. The North expansion project was completed in the spring of 1999. The project consists of four office buildings (containing more than one million square feet, an athletic center, a conference center, parking structure, additional day care facilities and playgrounds, new outdoor sports facilities, and extensively site improvements. All the building are named after Nike atheletes sucj as the Bo Jackson Sports and Fitness Complex (pictured above), the Jerry Rice Bldg, the Dan Fouts Bldg, the Micheal Jordan Bldg and, of course, the Tiger Woods Center, just to name a few.

Road Trip, Day 1

After saying good-bye to the Solis Clan I started my trek to California. The trip started at 10am with a quick picture of Mt Rainer. Until recently, the mountain was hidden behind unseasonable low clouds...

Next, was an hour drive south on I-5 to the State Capitol in Olympia.