Update!

For the past couple of months or so, three of my friends and I have been talking about taking a road trip to Chicago, Illinois to see the legendary Wrigley Field. I didn't hear of any concern toward this idea since I first heard about it so, I decided to take ahold and plan the trip.

At first, the original idea for the trip was to be the week of August 8 - 10 with the first night attending US Cellular Field to see the White Sox vs. Red Sox and the second night at Wrigley Field to catch the Cubs vs. Cardinals. Two classic match-ups, and it turned out that weekend in August is no good for one of my friends, Eli, who had previous plans that I was not aware of.

So, earlier today I had some free time and spent it planning a weekend in Chicago to see two baseball games in one day (Wrigley Field --> US Cellular Field), and checking out the city before heading back to New Jersey early on Sunday. It actually planned out perfect because we all wanted to see what the city of Chicago had to offer but there were two games standing in our way with a weekend of two travel days and two days actually in Chicago. Now that the Cubs/Nationals game is a 1:20 PM start and the White Sox/Rays game starts at 7:10 PM, we have a full day to spend time wandering around the Chi.

We will be arriving in Chicago on Thursday, August 21, 2008 and attending two (2) baseball games on Friday, August 22, 2008. On Saturday we are going to be tourists and Sunday, August 24, 2008 we will depart from Illinois. Depending on the route we take, I plan to travel through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. If a detour is taken South, we will drive through the tiniest bit of West Virginia but I highly doubt that will happen.

I'll post the tickets once I get them from StubHub! but for now, my calendar is marked for Chicago, Illinois, Thursday August 21 - August 24. There will be two BIG entries and there will be TONS of pictures (hopefully). From New Jersey - Chicago and vice versa, the drive will take 12 hours 46 minutes both ways according to Google Maps.

The Mets are on the road for the next five days and I do not feel like going to Citizens Bank Park to see them, nor Yankee Stadium to be inside the chaos of a Yankees/Boston series. If I were to go, I'd be neutral just like I was at my last visit to Yankee Stadium's entry but, there are no plans. May 20, 2008 was supposed to be the last time I step foot in there, but now I am debating because I still haven't seen Monument Park. I've been looking at the Yankees/Blue Jays series during the weekend of August 29 - 31. I'll probably do the usual and buy the cheapest tickets I can find but at Yankee Stadium, that always is a big chunk of change.