13 OCT:  On Sunday morning around 0700 hours we left Albuquerque , said goodbye to our friends and   headed for St. Geo to partake in the World Senior Games.  I am a member of the 70 Plus team from Medicine Hat Slo Pitch Team. Our first game was at 1100 hours on Monday and we had to cover some 550 miles on Sunday if I were to arrive on time to play Monday. As I mentioned earlier, our truck was losing power on the hills and to make matters worst we were facing a fierce head wind. As we motored along we realized that we could not make St. Geo by night fall so we changed our target to Mesquite, NV which is only 50  miles from St. Geo. Since my game was not scheduled until 11:00 hours I could still make the game if we got an early start on Moday, so that is what we did. We arrived in Mesquite at about 6 PM and parked at the Virgin River casino overnight which we have done many times on our trips  going South and/or North. We had supper and carroll donated another 20.00 at the Casino and I, as usually watched a hockey game at the sports bar and checked the email.

14 OCT: We got up early, as there is a 1 hour time difference between NV and UT, grabbed a quick (cheap)  breakfast at the casino and headed for St. Geo.
The first thing to do once we arrived in St. Geo was to check in at the registration centre because you can not participate unless you are wearing a wrist band that says that you  have paid the entry fee and that you are in fact "Tom Esler". The umpires checks you wrist band before every game. This is by far the best organized organization I have ever encountered. There are 10,000 participates in a variety of sports and they can check you thru in less than 2 minutes. These people are simple amazing. 
Then we had to go to our campsite and check in as we had called ahead on Sunday to say we would be late. You have to reserve the campsite a year in advance as every site is taken due to the number of people, at the games who are looking for a site.
We quickly parked the trailer and grabbed my equipment  and drove another 20 minutes to the ball park arriving in lots of time to warm up.  We play 2 games on Monday and one on Tuesday for " Seeding " purchase. Medicine Hat Teams have been coming to the World Senior Games for 20 years so they already know our level of play so we normally are "seeded " in the same level. Sometimes we draw a really good team in the first three games and they usually  "Mercy " us in 5 innings. The ball diamonds in St. Geo are the best I have ever seen and the fences are 300 ft. That is a hellva long way to chase a ball that get passed you. I speak from experience because I am an outfielder. You always play back to back games the first day so after the 2 games we went back to organize our trailer . The ladies were then busy phoning to get tickets to the Tuacaun Theater which is a fabulous outdoor setting in the Mountains. The play was a musical of Mary Poppins. If you are ever in St. Geo you must visit this Theatre .