Day 4: Wrigley Field tour - Go Cubbies!

During our stay in Chicago, Eryn, a big Cubs fan, booked us a Wrigley Field tour. (Mom was still spending her days at the NEA convention)

We rode The L and got there nice and early to scout it out.

When it was tour time, we met our group and our guide and started on the third-base side:

Ron (I think that was his name) was a great guide, giving us all kinds of fun tidbits about the park. Even Eryn learned some things about her beloved Cubbies :)

Then we moved to the field to see the famed ivy. That's a long way to home plate!

We were not allowed to touch the ivy, which can react to skin oils and die!

He said it's just a brick wall behind that ivy - no padding! So it does not feel good if players slam into the wall.

Next up: center field bleachers:

And then we got to go in the visitors' locker room! Besides baseball players, many very, very famous people have been in there for concerts and other events.

Then we made our way up, up to the press box. Really nice view:

Each seat is assigned for the season:

I thought this was particularly funny because Mom is the announcer for Tigard High School varsity softball team, and they have an ant problem in their press box, too!

Eryn says this is THE book for baseball stats:

On the way down, we spotted the organ!

Our last stop was the dugout!

Had to take a practice swing from the on-deck circle:

So much fun! I'm really glad we did the tour!

Plus - our tickets gave us 10% off at the team store, so Eryn loaded up on some new merch 😆

*Day 1

*Day 2

*Day 3

*Day 4