Yes, we do have a baseball season here, altho' it's pretty short. The High School competition has ended and the Alaska Baseball League is starting now. The price of gasoline has caused some major adjustments, as the big bus used to transport the teams out of town, gulps a large amount of fuel to reach Fairbanks, etc. Fairbanks is the farthest we travel which is about a 7 hr. drive by bus. That beats the train, which takes 12 hours, but this is the tourist-preferred way. It's too bad some good Samaritan doesn't offer a company airplane, but with the political problems we've been having lately, no one dares to lobby or bribe in any way. So it does take a little more cash to play the 6 week season. All of the clubs are hurting, not just 'my' Anchorage Bucs Baseball Club.
I thought life was going to get easier as we reached retirement age, but it's not the case at all. Thank goodness for good health, anyhow. The golf courses here are all public courses, and their prices are also going out of sight, well, for me anyhow. So far, biking is still free and we have the best Coastal Trails that I've seen anywhere. The weather has been cooperating, and it's sunny and beautiful outdoors today, so this ends my blog, and I'm heading out. .. come back soon.
