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setObject('March 4, 2003<br>Our book is now available for purchase. Visit the <a href="book.html">online purchase center</a> for more information.');
setObject('June 18, 2002<br>An article about our trip appeared in today\'s edition of the San Bernardino Sun. (link no longer active on their website)');
setObject('December 29, 2001<br>Kris\' has completed her cross-stitch project celebrating our trip! '); 
setObject('October 24, 2001<br>Thanks to John Coll for letting us know about some mistakes in our Pittsburgh review. Three Rivers Stadium was demolished in February, 2001 and replaced with two new stadiums--PNC Park for baseball and Heinz Stadium for football. Both stadiums overlook the Allegheny River. The journals have been corrected.<br><a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>'); 
setObject('October 11, 2001<br>Thanks to David Hawthorne for letting us know about a mistake in our Atlanta review. I said the Atlanta Olympics were in 1988, when in fact they were held in 1996. The journals have been corrected.<br><a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>'); 
setObject('October 10, 2001<br>Thanks to GIS.COM for posting an article about our trip. (link no longer active on their website)'); 
setObject('October 7, 2001<br>Today we witnessed Tony Gwynn\'s last game in a major league baseball uniform. It is a sad day, despite reflecting on how great a career he had. Rickey Henderson also got his 3,000th hit today, becoming only the 25th player to do so. Cal Ripken, Jr. played his last game yesterday. Baseball has begun a new chapter of its history.<br><br>I also changed my mind about Pac Bell Park. While it is indeed close to the best ballpark there is, I gave the #1 spot back to PNC Park in Pittsburgh. The view, accomodations, and videoboards at PNC Park are the best in baseball. I should have stayed with my gut feeling the first time!');
setObject('September 30, 2001<br>We saw another game at Pac Bell Park and then drove back to Redlands. There weren\'t any historic events at the game, but we did have fun during batting practice!<br><a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('September 29, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #30 in San Francisco, finally! We made the JumboTron, saw a part of history, and get to do it all over again tomorrow.<br><a href="Ballparks/PacBell.html">Pac Bell Park review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('September 28, 2001<br>We are in San Francisco after an 8-hour drive from Redlands. The drive on I-5 was actually interesting this time--cotton, peppers, walnuts, roses, grapes, pumpkins, and watermelon all grew in fields along the highway. Tomorrow is our first game at Pac Bell Park and our tickets will hopefully be at the will call window.');
setObject('September 25, 2001<br>Good news and bad news. Today I heard from Monica that our San Francisco tickets fell through. In summary, the Giants decided to give them to someone else. It looked like we were not going to make SF at all. But thanks to eBay, we will! I got online and purchased tickets for both Saturday and Sunday, so we will be there indeed! I also got a hotel for $50 on Priceline. That means we purchased tickets for all 30 parks ourselves. Stay tuned for our photos and reviews!');
setObject('September 23, 2001<br>We went to \'Thanks Tony\' weekend in San Diego and had a good time with 60,000 other screaming fans! Security was tight and the trolley ride to the Q was packed!');
setObject('September 14, 2001<br>With all the baseball game postponements this week, it looks like Tony Gwynn\'s last game will be in San Diego after all... on October 7. Hopefully we can get tickets to wish him off in person.');
setObject('September 11, 2001<br>We have posted several photo albums of the stadiums and our journey on a website called Webshots. Webshots allows you to download photos to your desktop and screen savers for free. Check them out!<br><a href="http://community.webshots.com/user/timlux" target="new">View our photo albums on Webshots</a>');
setObject('September 8, 2001<br>We are still waiting to hear about the Giants tickets at the end of the month. We have also begun the process of selling our motorhome, so if you are interested, just send us an e-mail!');
setObject('September 2, 2001<br>An article about our trip and one of Kris\' journals appeared in today\'s edition of the Redlands Daily Facts. (link no longer active on their website) | <a href="book.html">Read Kris\' actual journal entry for August 1</a>');
setObject('September 1, 2001<br>We returned to Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego tonight for the first time since our trip ended. We had obviously been to "The Q" many times before, including once on this trip, but decided to contact the Padres like we had for the other teams and use tonight\'s experience for our journals and review of the ballpark. It turned out to be a melancholy return to our home stadium.<br><a href="Ballparks/Qualcomm.html">Qualcomm Stadium review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('August 28, 2001<br>On Saturday, September 1 we will be at the Padres game to take some photos and review the park. They told us they could take us on a tour before the game, so that will be very cool! We also were interviewed by the Redlands Daily Facts tonight about the trip. We also heard that we were on Fox Sports Net on Friday at the Anaheim game. The response and e-mails from everyone since we finished have been wonderful--thank you!');
setObject('August 24, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #29 in Anaheim and had the best experience yet. What an outstanding end to this trip. Thank you Anaheim!<br><a href="Ballparks/Edison.html">Edison Field review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('August 23, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #28 in Oakland and drove all the way home to Redlands after the game. Oakland was a disappointment.<br><a href="Ballparks/Network.html">Network Associates review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('August 22, 2001<br>We are in Sacramento, the capital of California. Perfect weather today and a desire to be in our home state made the drive really nice. We bought PowerBall tickets in Oregon, but alas, didn\'t win anything.<br><a href="Ballparks/States.html">View State Signs</a>');
setObject('August 21, 2001<br>We are in Gold Hill, Oregon, a stone\'s throw away from... well... nothing, really. It was a long drive from Seattle and it will be another long drive to Sacramento tomorrow. We had rain in Seattle (of course) this morning, and discovered Washington and Oregon look pretty much the same. Supposedly it is illegal for me to fill up my own gas tank in Oregon. Found that out the hard way. We added one more state to our list of those we have visited!<br><a href="Ballparks/States.html">View State Signs</a>');
setObject('August 20, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #27 in Seattle and survived taking the public bus system to the game. We met some really nice fans from all over the country and had a great time. Bill Nye "The Science Guy" was even sitting in our section! Tomorrow we begin our trip to Oakland as we wind closer to the end of our journey.<br><a href="Ballparks/Safeco.html">Safeco Field review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('August 19, 2001<br>We are in Seattle (just south, in Kent) and spending 3 nights here. The game is Monday night and we will take the bus into town so we don\'t have to drive. Today we went on a tour of Safeco Field and were very impressed! The fires are all east of us so we are safe for now.');
setObject('August 17, 2001<br>We are in Spokane, Washington tonight, a short drive from Missoula, Montana (especially with the change to Pacific time). We passed up a minor league game last night but will go to one tonight in Spokane--our first minor league game of the trip! Washington is the 37th state we\'ve driven through on this trip. We get to Seattle tomorrow but the next game is on Monday night. There are a lot of fires in the area so hopefully the roads will be drivable.');
setObject('August 15, 2001<br>We are in a gold-rated KOA in Billings, Montana tonight. This is camping the way I like it--mini golf (I lost), pool and spa, cable TV, and free internet access! It was a long drive through a lot of uneventful miles but we are a few days closer to our next game in Seattle.');
setObject('August 14, 2001<br>We are in Deadwood, South Dakota, home of Wild Bill\'s last poker game and other marketing gimmicks. Including South Dakota, we have now driven through 33 states and 2 provinces!<br><a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('August 13, 2001<br>We are in Kennebec, South Dakota tonight, right on schedule. We survived the night at the Wal-Mart and were towed this morning to a RV repair shop that was EXCELLENT! They found what the first repair shop did wrong and got us on our way within a few hours. We left Iowa for the LAST TIME at noon! Yay!');
setObject('August 12, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #26 in Kansas City after getting the RV back. We made it on JumboTron! But after the game... bad news again. We are spending the night in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Council Bluffs, Iowa and never made it to the campground in Omaha, Nebraska.<br><a href="Ballparks/Kauffman.html">Kauffman Stadium review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('August 10, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #25 in Chicago to see the Cubs play at Wrigley Field. It seems like we spent the entire day driving...<br><a href="Ballparks/Wrigley.html">Wrigley Field review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('August 8, 2001<br>We are in Jackson, Michigan to pick up the dogs and they recognized us! We are here for a few nights before heading to Chicago on Friday.');
setObject('August 7, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #24 in Philadelphia. The Padres were visiting the Phillies and we saw Tony Gwynn play his last series in Philly. We made it on the JumboTron!<br><a href="Ballparks/Veterans.html">Veterans Stadium review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('August 5, 2001<br>We are in Washington DC touring the museums for a few days. We have been to a bunch of them already even though we have 90 degree days with very high humidity. We leave for Philadelphia on Tuesday. We have added a special photo page for the Hall of Fame visit we had last week.');
setObject('August 2, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #23 in Baltimore. We are staying a few nights in DC to tour and get some rest from traveling.<br><a href="Ballparks/Camden.html">Camden Yards review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('August 1, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #22 in New York to see Yankee Stadium. We snuck in to get better seats than what we bought.<br><a href="Ballparks/Yankee.html">Yankee Stadium review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 31, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #21 in Boston to see the oldest park in the majors. That should be our only visit to this ballpark if we\'re lucky.<br><a href="Ballparks/Fenway.html">Fenway Park review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 30, 2001<br>We are in Worcester, MA tonight after a nice day in Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Boston game is tomorrow night.');
setObject('July 29, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #20 in Montreal after a long day trip (4 hours each way) from Albany, New York. We are back in Albany tonight and tomorrow is a visit to the Hall of Fame! Thank you to the Hall of Fame for donating admission tickets for us.<br><a href="Ballparks/Olympic.html">Olympic Stadium review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 28, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #19 in New York and saw our first glimpse of New York City. Today we visited Shea Stadium in Queens.<br><a href="Ballparks/Shea.html">Shea Stadium review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 27, 2001<br>We are in Allentown, Pennsylvania tonight. This is a small town and is actually quite a disappointment. Tomorrow we go to New York for a series of 5 ballparks in 6 days.');
setObject('July 26, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #18 in Pittsburgh, and we were both incredibly impressed with what we saw.  Excellent reviews for PNC Park!<br><a href="Ballparks/PNCPark.html">PNC Park review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 25, 2001<br>We are in Charleston, West Virginia. We made it through all the rain!<br><a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 24, 2001<br>We have removed the rankings based on the team\'s response to our journey due to numerous reasons we will probably talk about in future journals.');
setObject('July 23, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #17 in Atlanta. The ratings have been updated, and we have added photos for all the ballparks in the reviews. <br><a href="Ballparks/Turner.html">Turner Field review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 21, 2001<br>We are in Lilburn, a suburb of Atlanta, staying with my brother and his family. We have updated the route from here to Philadelphia and have reserved hotel rooms for the new cities. Game on Monday night!');
setObject('July 20, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #16 in Miami and survived the humidity. Tomorrow is an off day as we drive to Atlanta. We also updated the rankings and will have reviews posted soon.<br><a href="Ballparks/ProPlayer.html">Pro Player Stadium review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 19, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #15 in Tampa Bay and what an experience!<br><a href="Ballparks/Tropicana.html">Tropicana Field review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 18, 2001<br>We are in Lake City, a hick town on the north side of Florida. Tomorrow we see a game in Tampa Bay and will check in after the game.');
setObject('July 17, 2001<br>We are in Biloxi, Mississippi tonight, right off of Interstate 10 (just like home!). We had our cheapest gas yet--$1.09!<br><a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a> | <a href="GasPrices.html">View Gas Prices</a>');
setObject('July 16, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #14 in Houston and were treated very well!<br><a href="Ballparks/Enron.html">Enron Field review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 15, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #13 in Arlington, Texas and have mixed reviews about the Park. We also found the cheapest gas yet!<br><a href="Ballparks/Arlington.html">Ballpark at Arlington review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a> | <a href="GasPrices.html">View Gas Prices</a>');
setObject('July 14, 2001<br>We are in Wichita and the hotel offers free washers and dryers, so we have clean clothes again! Tomorrow we drive to Arlington and stay with Tom from Tim\'s work. No journal today--the drive from Iowa through Missouri to Kansas is the most boring one yet and we have nothing to talk about!');
setObject('July 13, 2001<br>We picked up a new rental car for the next month, picked up the RV and put it in storage, and made it to Des Moines yet again!<br><a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 12, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #12 in St Louis.<br><a href="Ballparks/Busch.html">Busch Stadium review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 11, 2001<br>We are in Indianapolis tonight, heading to St Louis tomorrow. No journal today--we\'re too tired!');
setObject('July 10, 2001<br>We are back on the road again tomorrow. The schedule has been updated with new stops and maps as we continue to use the rental car instead of the RV.');
setObject('July 8, 2001<br>We have made new plans to use a rental car for the next month of the trip. We have a few days off but what a week it has been... updates soon!');
setObject('July 7, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #11 in Detroit. We got to see the dogs again!<br><a href="Ballparks/Comerica.html">Comerica Park review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 6, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #10 in Toronto--1/3 of the way done!<br><a href="Ballparks/Skydome.html">Skydome review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 5, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #9 in Cleveland and found one of the best parks in the game. We also found the cheapest gas yet!<br><a href="Ballparks/Jacobs.html">Jacobs Field review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a> | <a href="GasPrices.html">View Gas Prices</a>');
setObject('July 4, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #8 in Cincinnati where a short rain delay allowed us to get a nap in before the game.<br><a href="Ballparks/Cinergy.html">Cinergy Field review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 3, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #7 in Chicago and the dogs are no longer with us.<br><a href="Ballparks/Comiskey.html">Comiskey Park review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 2, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #6 in Milwaukee to check out the new Miller Park.<br><a href="Ballparks/Miller.html">Miller Park review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('July 1, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #5 in Minneapolis today--we had an awesome experience to make up for yesterday. <br><a href="Ballparks/Metrodome.html">Metrodome review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('June 30, 2001<br>Disaster has struck... we made it to Minneapolis but not the ballpark... more info in the journals.<br><a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('June 28, 2001<br>We are in Grand Island, Nebraska in the middle of corn fields! We have put the total miles traveled on the homepage.');
setObject('June 27, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #4 in Denver. Coors Field is nice but nothing too fancy. No snow in Denver!! <br><a href="Ballparks/Coors.html">Coors Field review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('June 26, 2001<br>You can now see the gas prices as we have to pay them... updated with every fillup!<br><a href="GasPrices.html">View Gas Prices</a>');
setObject('June 25, 2001<br>We made it to ballpark #3 in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks put us on the JumboTron with "Timothy Lux -- Visiting all 30 ballparks" for all to see!<br><a href="Ballparks/BankOne.html">Bank One Ballpark review</a> | <a href="book.html">View Tim\'s Journal</a> | <a href="book.html">View Kris\' Journal</a>');
setObject('June 23, 2001<br>A Director at <a href=http://www.koa.com target=zoom>KOA</a> visited the site and sent me 2 certificates for future camping at a KOA. With just a few exceptions, we will camp at KOAs all along the journey.');
setObject('June 22, 2001<br>A co-worker is trying to help get tickets to the final game in San Francisco and it look like it might actually happen. Thank you Monica!');