02/23/20 - On 2/21, I packed an overnight bag left at 10:30 pm to meet up with Lina, Eric and Jeff who were flying in from Los Angeles for the week end.  We are meeting at a hotel in Maricopa, Arizona that is about 38 miles from me.  I expected them around midnight but Lina called and stated they had problems with the rental car and it would be later.  We finally met up about 1:00 am.  When we got to the room, we soon learned that it had not been cleaned properly so ended up with another room which turned out to be OK. Off to bed.

2/22 - Got up early since our schedule was to be at the Peoria Sports Complex around 10:00 am since Eric and Jeff learned that they could get close to the Padre players while they were practicing before the game.  Well, it started to rain before we even left the hotel so we were not sure what was going to happen. On our way over, we learned part of the freeway was shut down so we had a long detour and it took us a long time to get to the complex. Well, it has been raining and we were not sure if there even would be a game but decided to still drive over to the complex to see it even though they might not play because of the rain.  We stopped for breakfast at Cracker Barrel and then off to the complex.  We learned about an hour before the game that it was cancelled.  Lina, Eric and Jeff were allow to go and see the stadium and then they did some shopping at the team store. We learned that the Padres are playing tomorrow at another sports complex so Eric got tickets for the game. We left and back to the hotel.  We had a very nice dinner in the hotel restaurant.  Off to bed since we have a big day tomorrow.

2/23, Eric and Jeff got up really early and left for the sports complex to see if they could see the Padres practice before the game.  Since the sports complex was the home of the Milwaukee Brewers they were the only ones on the practice field.  Poor Eric and Jeff were so disappointed.  Lina and I joined them just before the game started.  We had snacks for lunch and watched the game until the 9th inning.  The padres won the game so that was a nice feeling.  They left for the airport and I left to come home.  Had a wonderful week end.  I have attached two pictures:

Lina and I had the ball park by our seats

Jeff, Eric, I and Lina at the ball park