Florida, Ft. Myers - Saturday, March 1, 2014 - Twins vs. Red Sox

Yesterday we toured the small town of Moore Haven, didn’t take long.  They do have a nice park and scenic areas along the river.  We stopped at one area along the locks.

 

This is a closer look at the really big alligator that was sunning on the shore. 

We didn’t stick around for a lot more pictures.  After we parked we noticed some signs stating “government facility, no trespassing” (I have a feeling that meant us).

From the locks we headed to the Seminole Reservation that is about 20 miles from the campground to check out the casino they have there.

 

This is a small casino with lots of penny slots, but we did manage to find a couple of quarter slots and proceeded to lose $10.  We heard that the big thing going on there is Bingo.  The pot for Friday night was $9,000.

Today we went into Ft. Myers to Hammond Stadium which is the spring training headquarters for the Minnesota Twins.

 

 

 

We had good seats here on the first row.

 

 

We had a great view of the field.

The Twins were playing the Boston Red Sox.  None of the Boston starters were there so we were a bit disappointed about that, but it was a great day for a ballgame.  The Twins ended up winning 6-2.  We headed home in the fifth inning when the Twins hit a 3 run home run.  The parking lot was packed so I think it was a good idea to head out early.

We passed a sign on the way home indicating that the temperature was 91 degrees.  I think it might have been a bit off, TV reports are showing mid 80’s.