Day 33

After a French toast breakfast and a lesson on how to use an eyelash curler, we left Mount Prospect. Since we had to drive through Wisconsin to get to Minnesota, we stopped in Cascade, WI to see Megan’s grandma and cousin, Jena and her son Oliver. It was a nice little pit stop and great to see some more of Megan’s family. 

  We took a quick drive through Plymouth, WI (Megan’s hometown) before continuing onto Minnesota. The plan was to meet up with Tim’s Uncle Mike and Aunt Betsy, grab dinner, and go to the game. It was Mike and Betsy’s wedding anniversary, so we were lucky to be able to spend the evening with them. They took us to Fogo de Chao, a Brazilian steakhouse downtown. When we got in, Mike told us that he saw a guy walk in that looked just like Tim’s dad. It turns out, Tim’s parents drove up from Omaha to surprise us and join us for the game. We learned to master the art of our red and green “feed me” cards and ate way more than we should have. 
  The group of us walked to Target Field and Tim’s Uncle Mike surprised us with 4 seats right behind the Twins dugout. Rebecca took off her White Sox jersey and we had a great time. The stadium’s look is very different than most parks in terms of exterior. The stone used is beautiful, and aspects of that stone work can be found in the park as well, including the dugout. 
  We had been in touch with the Twins before the start of the trip, and were able to get on the jumbotron and they supplied us with some Twins gear, including both baseball caps and winter caps. 
We hoped with our proximity to the players, we would be able to get a ball or two. Unfortunately, there were too many cute kids in the surrounding area, so we were overlooked when they were being thrown to the crowd. Since we were in the first section, complete with padded seats, we had access to the field level lounge. We now know where all of the fancy seat holders go during a rain delay. Thankfully the weather was perfect for baseball, so we didn’t need to hide out there at all. 
  The Twins were playing the White Sox, it was our second time seeing this game, and our second time with nice, up close and personal seats. This was also the second time we saw the Sox beat the Twins. The final score came out to be 6-2. 
  After the game we drove out to Mike and Betsy’s house to stay for the night. We stayed up a bit catching up with Tim’s parents and turned in, looking forward to back-to-back free days.