Home Run On Wheels

Ron and Patti are in New Mexico traveling down Route 66, which has several minor league baseball teams along the way.

The Cardinals, Padres and Rockies are all represented, but not as much as the Dodgers, who essentially own Route 66 baseball with farms teams in Rancho Cucamonga, Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Even Dodger Stadium is along the Mother Road.

We also discuss the historic 2019 World Series and that we may or may not have head celebrity neighbors at a rest area near McLean, Texas. Was it 3 Doors Down or Florida/Georgia Line?

After a two-week hiatus, we're back and talking Cardinals baseball along Route 66 in St. Louis and Springfield. The Dodgers also have their Double-A affiliate in Tulsa, and we share our thoughts on the 2019 World Series between the Nationals and Dodgers.

Also, there are some interesting tidbits about Stan Musial.

Stephanie Tesreau of Hoyleton Youth and Family Services joined the Home Run On Wheels podcast to discuss the work Hoyleton does, why they agreed to co-host Sunday's Home Run On Wheels book signing in Fairview Heights, Ill., and how much baseball means to the city of St. Louis. 

The Cardinals are also back in the postseason for the first time in three years, but that's what Cardinals fans expect every October.

As the MLB regular season comes to an end, Patti and Ron are beginning Route 66.

Recording from Joliet, they discuss their time in Chicago, which included Blackhawks and Bears games, plus a surprise trip for Patti to the CIBC Theatre to see Hamilton. 

Are professional sports tickets overpriced? Certainly. Should children have more exposure to the arts? Most definitely.

We also had a surprise meeting at Soldier Field - Patti's first-ever visit there - and we provide more details for Ron's book signing on Sunday, Oct. 6, at the Barnes & Noble in Fairview Heights, Ill.

We're spending the last week of the MLB regular season in the Chicago area, where we will begin our next adventure traveling down Route 66.

After seeing a pair of Brewers-Cardinals games at Busch Stadium, we're curious to see if the two teams will face off in the postseason. In the meantime, we'll experience a couple of firsts in Chicago with our first-ever visit to United Center on Wednesday and Patti's first-ever game at Soldier Field on Sunday.

Ron also has a big surprise planned for Patti on Thursday.

We will be back in the St. Louis area on Oct. 6, where Ron will do a book signing in Fairview Heights, Ill., with a special giveaway.

Randall and Gwen Floyd came out to the Home Run On Wheels RV in the St. Louis area to discuss their life as full-time RVers with their four children.

The Floyds have their own YouTube channel, "Everyone Loves The Floyds" - which is also their Instagram account, and Gwen has written an RV lifestyle book called Roaming Wide, Living Free.

They are also parents of Ray, a 7-year-old boy they adopted as an infant through the foster care system.

After spending an afternoon with the Floyds in St. Louis, we do love the Floyds.

There was some good news and bad news in the last week.

After spending a week in the Hilton Head/Savannah area for vacation, we got off the Atlantic Coast just in time as Hurricane Dorian approaches. We are thinking of the people in The Bahamas who have been battered by Dorian. 

We also discovered a new (old) issue with the RV, but that's some more bad news. A bit of good news is Ron is doing a book signing in the St. Louis area on Oct. 6.

Listen to hear all the details of when and where.

Ron and Patti are taking a week-long vacation in Hilton Head Island after a successful time in the Washington, D.C., area with a book signing and two different foster care organizations receiving tickets from the Nationals.

Both Lutheran Social Services National Capital Area and Family & Youth Initiative benefited from the Nats' donation. 

We even spent some time with foster parent Irene Stevenson and her adopted daughter at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. 

The next stops for Home Run On Wheels will be in the Nashville, St. Louis and Chicago areas.

Susan Punnett, the executive director of the Family & Youth Initiative, joined the Home Run On Wheels podcast to discuss their work with teenagers in the foster care system and the donation of tickets from the Washington Nationals for Sunday's slugfest victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

The youth from DCFYI who attended the game on August 18 saw the Nationals club eight home runs in a wild 16-8 victory over the Brewers at Nationals Park.

Jennifer Cormeny, the Lutheran Social Services National Capital Area Director of Family Services, joined the Home Run On Wheels podcast to discuss the Aug. 13 book signing at Busboys & Poets in Arlington, Va.

Jennifer explained how LSSNCA helps unaccompanied refugee minors find foster families. She also said the Washington Nationals' donation of tickets to LSSNCA will help these youth have fun while experiencing the American pastime.

Ron and Jennifer will be part of a panel to discuss foster care and the Home Run On Wheels book Tuesday evening from 6-8 at the Busboys & Poets Shirlington location in Arlington.