Great Loop Day 059 Oct 26, 2016, Green Turtle Bay Resort Layover Day 2
Green Turtle Bay Resort Layover Day 2
“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
― Anita Desai
<Day 58 Previous Post | First Post | Next Post Day 60>
Day 59 Wednesday, Oct 26, 2016. Green Turtle Bay Marina. Took most of the morning to get 3 loads of laundry done.
Thinking of stepping the mast up tomorrow for the rest of the trip to Florida. Called in my prescription to the closest pharmacy some 20 miles away. Glad this marina has a courtesy van. Asked the CVS Pharmacy to call me when the scripts were filled. No call. I called them later in the day and was ready. It was too late to drive there. Will get it tomorrow morning. Took care of several bills online and attended the docktails at the gazebo. Spent time meeting other new loopers and enjoying the stories they had. I brought along my bottle of the margarita I had been saving and shared it. Ahhh life is good.
Mileage completed in the past 60 days. From Sandusky, Ohio to Green Turtle Bay Resort, Kentucky: 1493.60 miles in 40 days with 20 layover days.
Boat Cards:
Green Turtle Bay Marina and Resort
Good night
I got back to my boat just in time to watch the World Series Game 2 Cleveland Indians vs, Chicago Cubs on cable TV. Not a good game for the Indians...
Former Indians player Carlos Baerga threw the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2 while LoCash performed the national anthem. The start time for the game was moved up an hour, because of the possibility of heavy rain in the forecast. Looking to tie the series at one game apiece, the Cubs sent Jake Arrieta to the mound against the Indians' Trevor Bauer who was still healing a lacerated pinkie resulting from an accident with a drone. The Cubs also featured six players under age 25 in the starting lineup, a postseason record. The Cubs started things off early as Kris Bryant singled in the first inning and Anthony Rizzo doubled to score Bryant and give the Cubs an early 1–0 lead. Arrieta started well too, retiring the first two batters before walking back-to-back batters in the bottom of the first. However, Arrieta got a flyout to end the inning. The Cubs struck again in the third following a two-out walk by Rizzo and a single by Ben Zobrist. A single by Kyle Schwarber scored Rizzo from second and pushed the Cubs' lead to 2–0. Bauer was forced from the game in the fourth, and the Cubs struck again in the fifth. Rizzo walked again off Zach McAllister, and Zobrist tripled to plate Rizzo. Another run-scoring single by Schwarber off Bryan Shaw and a bases-loaded walk by Addison Russell pushed the lead to 5–0.
Arrieta continued to pitch well, walking three batters but holding the Indians without a hit into the sixth inning. In the sixth, a double by Jason Kipnis ended the no-hitter, moved to third on a groundout, and scored the lone Indians run of the game on a wild pitch by Arrieta. Arrieta allowed another single and was lifted for reliever Mike Montgomery. Both teams threatened in the seventh but could not score and, following a single by Mike Napoli in the bottom of the eighth, Aroldis Chapman entered to finish the game for the Cubs. The win marked the Cubs' first World Series game victory since 1945 and tied up the series at one game all. The game marked Indians manager Terry Francona's first loss in ten World Series games.