And Then There Was Light.... Houses

Got to Fond du Lac early last evening so we had time to check in the hotel and check out the area a bit. The hotel is historic, yes, but sometimes old doesn't mean "beautiful, historic old," it just means "old." Ah well, it's a place to stay.

We drove around and found the baseball compound and a place to practice before hand. Got back to the hotel and joined a few other families checking and went out to eat. Naturally, even though it was 9 p.m. and everyone was FULL, the boys still wanted to go swimming! So it's a late night but we thankfully we got to sleep in and be fully rested for a hot game today.

And by hot I mean 89 degrees and sunny and, thank the Lord, very breezy.

And by hot I also mean it was one heckuva game!

We played against a Madison team who kept pace with our runs into the last inning. Carter struck out once and, in our last at bat (as home team thankfully), he hit a sacrifice fly out to center. Unfortunately, the fielder threw it home and they got our tying run out! Not good. So then we had 2 outs.

Talk about tense.

We had guys on second and third and then the magic happened. Out lead-off batter hit a super shot in the outfield and both guys scored! We won 7-6! We were just screaming, cheering, jumping up and down. Whew! That was close.

I did not think anything could beat that. But wait, there's more...

We learned there is a lighthouse in town on the shores of Lake Winnebago! Who's excited now? OK, just me. But still...

We went back to the hotel, cooled off a bit and headed to the lighthouse park. What a beautiful park! When we got up to the lighthouse, I was pleasantly surprised to see people at the top. You mean we can go inside and up?? Awesome!

Yes, I am typically super scared of heights. But I guess lighthouses are different. I walked up the spiral stairs and out onto the platform. I even looked down once. Not scared. It was fun. Yes, I made sure we took pictures. Gotta prove I defeated my fears once anyway!

Can the day get any better? I guess we'll see. We got practice in about an hour and play again at 6 p.m. Let's hope the boys saw the light today and focus in another win!!