Hockey Road Trip, Fall 2004

Week One - Southwest - Sat, 10/16 - Fri, 10/22
Week Two - Texas - Sat.,10/23 - Fri, 10/29
Week Three - Southeast - Sat, 10/30 - Fri, 11/5
Week Four - Southeast - Sat, 11/6 - Fri, 11/12
Week Five - Mid Atlantic - Sat, 11/13 - Fri, 11/19
Week Six - Long Island - Sat, 11/20 - Fri, 11/26
Week Seven - Midwest - Sat, 11/27 - Fri, 12/3
Week Eight - Midwest - Sat, 12/4 - Fri, 12/10
Week Nine - Las Vegas - Sat, 12/11 - Fri, 12/17
Week Ten - California - Sat, 12/18 - Fri, 12/24
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Friday, 11/5

Today, I visited Fort Sumter (where the first shots of the Civil War occurred) and saw a Stingrays vs. Greenville Grrrowl hockey game.

Fort Sumter

Back in 1860, South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Federal Union. On April 12, 1861, early in the am, the first shots by Confederate soldiers were fired on Fort Sumter (armed by Federal soldiers). Thus starting the Civil War. I won't get into any more of a history lesson here.

The fort is smaller than I expected. Many of its walls had been knocked down during battles from 1861 - 1865 (?).

We took a boat ride to visit the monument and park. Spent an hour touring the site then back on the boat.

Here's the inside of the fort. This section is called the Left Face.




Here's a cannon. The track that they rolled on kind of intrigued me.

The opening this cannon shot out of has since been closed.




One of these buggers crapped on my pocketbook as we were headed back to Charleston. Missed me by about 2 inches!

Turns out, some kids on the lower level were throwing out snacks to them. The seagulls followed us all the way to the dock.


The end of Week Three ended quite nicely as the Grrrowl beat the Stingrays 7 - 1 at N. Charleston Coliseum.

Notes:

• I went up and said hello to Chris, again (radio guy). He still wasn't able to do a shout out. Disappointed. He's a nice enough, in fact, a very pleasant guy. Couldn't really get mad. He's just doing his job. I understand he calls the game very well.
• The clock on the center scoreboard got stuck at 16:03 in the first period. One of my penalty times may be off on my scoresheet.
• One of the between period entertainment this game was figure skaters from the Ice Palace. Very nicely done. Much better than the portapotties.
• Trevor Johnson (captain for the Stingrays) got injured at the end of the first period. I didn't see what happened. He never came back out on the ice. One of the fans sitting by me said he heard Trevor had been taken to the hospital.
• Carvel ice cream!
• I sat two sections to the left of the Cotton Eye Joe dancer.
• There was a defensive meltdown by the Stingrays in this game. They gave up 3 goals in the second; 4 in the third. Although I prefer a more evenly played game, it was a well needed win for the Grrrowl. The Grrrowl are now 2 - 5.

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