After 5 hours of very restful sleep, I packed up my bags for the journey to Davenport. I went downstairs to nurse
my hangover by having a nice breakfast with Jerry. We got on the bus at 10am and the air conditioning was working
only slightly better than yesterday, which was not good for my hangover. After our morning tequila shots Joel had
a completely disgusting liqueur to try called Malort. It took a long time for the taste to leave my mouth. After
some trail mix and my second beer, my hangover was much better, but the heat was getting really bad. We passed
the time on the bus talking about the glory days of the Saints at Midway Stadium.
We stopped at a brewery in Davenport before getting to our hotel, dad and I shared some fish and chips. The
Black Hawk Hotel is one of the coolest hotels I've ever stayed at. It's a beautiful old building with a grand
lobby, where smooth big band swing is always playing. I fell asleep when we got to the room and woke up just in
time for the ballgame.
We got ready and walked in the miserable heat down to Modern Woodmen Park. We only missed the first batter. It's
a cool stadium with carnival rides in the outfield. It was a pretty good game between the River Bandits and the
South Bend Cubs. The Cubs won. Final score was 11-4... but in 10 innings! You do the math.
By the end of the game my clothes were a few shades darker from being soaked through with sweat. The bus took
us back to the hote,l where my dad threw in the towel. I took a shower and went to check out the martini bar
and bowling alley in the basement. A lot of our group was there. Jeanie and the Rev had never gone to the game.
While I was ordering my drink Jeanie was telling me "This poor bartender had to deal with us all day" the
bartender said "Hell, you were here before I was!". After a couple martinis the crowd started to dwindle,
eventually down to just Brillo and I. He was educating me on country rock, particularly on the history of
Graham Parson. Around one he called it quits, but I decided to get a quick look at the video arcade that was
a block away. The arcade had decided to close early but there was a dive bar called Boozies that was looking
lively and sure lived up to their name. I spent a fun hour in there, getting to know the locals and plugging
the jukebox.
