Group 1 arrives in Wichita, KS

Augie, Nobo, and Kevin left LAX at 1:30am and were the first group to arrive in Wichita. By 1:30pm Chepe and Andres were here to join the other three boys. As they first arrived the weather was somewhat of a shock as it was raining. By the time Coach Rodriguez, Steven, Victor, and Alicia showed up it was 7:30pm and somewhat humid and warm. The boys had already checked into a room, made time for a run (once the rain stopped) and worked out in the hotel's gym. Coach Rodriguez and Alicia's bags were left in Denver but our shuttle driver was very patient in waiting for us. We made friends with him and were on a nickname basis right away. "Chunk" said that he would take us to Old Town Wichita to eat dinner and check out the town for a while.

(Left to Right) Victor, Kevin, Steven, Augie, Chepe, Nobo, and Andres

We passed the stadium and it looked nice, I will have to try and snap a picture next time out. The hotel is very close to the airport, field, and Old Town. Pictured to the right are the boys in front of a restaurant called Chicago. There was an out door band playing "Brown Eyed Girl" near a center stage area where young men were blowing fire out of their mouths and throwing it in the air. The center stage area also had lights around it and small fountain where water shoots up from the ground. There is also a movie theater near the center square. The boys wanted to check out the area and hang out and weren't as hungry so Coach went to eat dinner. As we we were walking back to meet Chunk we saw a horse carriage taking a family around the town.

Once back at the hotel the 2nd group of boys went to the hotel gym to get their work out in and then made plans to jog in the morning. We also checked the schedule and saw that the first games start tomorrow for the NBC World Series and there will be fireworks.  http://www.nbcbaseball.com/nbcwsdailyschedule.html  (link for daily schedule). We also have a couple more groups of boys that will be arriving tomorrow.

Coach's Comment of Day: "Nice little park to win some ball games in".