Summer Lovin'

Since the weather has gotten nicer and Summer is here, I have been trying to figure out what to do at night, other than watch tv.  It's hard to find something to do when you are new to a town, but almost equally as difficult when you have lived somewhere for a long time and feel like nothing new is ever going on.  Davenport, Iowa (our current home) is very well populated and near the Mississippi River which provides plenty of tourist-y sites for us to visit.  I even have a couple of magazines about Chicago that I picked up at a hotel.  I'm definitely excited to start going out and doing things, but starting this week we are trying to save money.  What can you do when you are trying not to spend money? One of the easiest places to find events that are relatively cheap and in your town is the city's website.  In order to cut down on some of the searching you might have to do, I did it for you. Click one of the cities to see what's going on near you: Davenport, Provo, Vacaville.  These websites aren't all inclusive, but definitely a good way to start your search.  Our city has its own baseball team called the Quad City River Bandits.  We didn't know that they had a game on Saturday until they were already in their 4th inning, but decided to head over to the game.  We got their by the 6th inning and spent 2 hours cheering for our new found team.  It was lots of fun and cheaper than going to the movies.  Some nights they even have fireworks, so I'm excited to take a blanket and sit on the berm (the grassy area near the outfield for those of you not familiar, I had to ask Ben what it meant).  Click here for the Quad City River Bandits schedule, click here for the Salt Lake City Bees schedule ,and here for the San Francisco Giants schedule.  In Utah, up Provo Canyon, there is tons of hiking and sites for making s'mores.  Bridal Veil Falls even has a dispenser where you can buy fish food for $0.25.  Here in Davenport, Vander Veer Botanical Park has plenty to see and vending machines to buy corn to feed the ducks.  Below are a couple pictures of the baseball game we went to on Saturday.  I forgot to bring my camera, so it's not the best quality, sorry. Hope everyone can find something fun to do this summer that gets you out of the house!

Kristen

The field is right on the Mississippi River! So fun!