Matt Holthe's Fleeting Thoughts

Last night was the baseball all star game, which the American League won. But it's the unofficial half-way point of the baseball season. The Cubs no longer have the best record in baseball, they are now second to San Francisco. But they still have by far the biggest run differential: +139 (scored 139 more runs than they've given up). They have a 7 game lead in their division, but 5 of the 6 divisions have leaders with big leads (5.5 games, 6 games, 2 at 6.5 games, and the Cubs at 7). Their pace has slowed down quite a bit (they are actually 2-8 in their last 10 games). I was worried about keeping up that early pace for the whole year. Maybe now with a few days off they will be ready for the second half of the season and into the playoffs.

Last weekend we went on the second camping trip of the summer. This time, we went for two nights and spent the day on Saturday doing some fishing and paddle boat riding. The weather was gorgeous again - even though it was a little humid, it was cool enough to be bearable. My daughter really loves camping, so I think we're going to go one more time this summer. We've been very fortunate with the weather so far, so I'm wondering what will happen when we get rain on a trip. Hopefully it will still be a good enough experience even with rain that she won't be completely turned off of camping. We spent too much money on gear (tent, stove, air mattress, lantern, fan, cooking supplies, fishing gear, containers for storage and transport, and so on) for us to not make use of it for a few more years.