Peoria, Arizona: Today's game against the local Diamondbacks was bound to be a great photo opportunity as our seats were right off the third base line, directly in front of my favorite Mariner, rightfielder Ichiro Suzuki.




This is Ryan Langerhans. Ichiro had the day off. Again. Dang.





For dinner tonight, Dave, Dad and I decided to visit one of the 4,000 restaurants in the area surrounding the Peoria Sports Complex. Every restaurant we tried was completely packed, with a long line of people waiting outside for a table. Not looking good. In the end, we decided to head back towards the RV park and have dinner at the good Mexican place Dave and I had lunch yesterday - Don Lencho's. We were seated immediately.



Our meals - with beers and chips and salsas - were less than $45. Good food at a reasonable price. What kind of freaky restaurant is Don Lencho's?
Until my next update, I remain your "seriously? Northern Iowa?" correspondent.
RV Park: Valley of the Sun RV Park. Bare-bones facility behind the Ramada Inn on Grand Avenue near the 101 Ring Road. $230 for a week. Our site is one of the few with 50 amp service. Back-in site over quickly-collapsing asphalt. Bath house and laundry and it seems RV guests can use the motel pool.