Dickeyville is a town in south-eastern Wisconsin, not far from the Mississippi River. Elenka, our amiga Lynn from Owen Sound, and I were driving through the town, perhaps named in honour of the Toronto Blue Jays less than stellar knuckle baller, R.A. Dickey. It was late afternoon and we were on our way to Chicago when I saw the circa 1950s, Bates-like motel. We just had to pull in.  Elenka and I had been negotiating for a few years about the journey we were on ...

My amigo Lloyd and I embarked on a western ballgame trip. We first stopped at the Blue Jays minor league town of Lansing, Michigan to watch the Lugnuts host the Clinton Lumberkings. The following night we were in Milwaukee to watch the Washington Nats play the Brewers and the next night it was to Chicago where the Pirates faced the Cubs.