I thought it’d be fun to create an animated GIF of selfies and other pictures of Jenn and me from 2025 (click that link to see it). We’ve been to some interesting places!
exploring
Attractions and other places we visit.
2025 baseball parks
This is a summary of baseball-related posts from 2025.
One of our stretch goals in exploring the US is to attend a game at every Major League baseball stadium. As with our other goals, we have a spreadsheet to track this.
Back in 2023, we visited just two ballparks, The Coliseum of the Oakland Athletics (which is now closed) and T-Mobile Field of our Seattle Mariners.
In 2024, we visited seven more: Truist Park of the Atlanta Braves, Oriole Park of the Baltimore Orioles, Nationals Park of the Washington Nationals, Busch Stadium of the St Louis Cardinals, Target Field of the Minnesota Twins, Oracle Park of the San Francisco Giants, and Dodger Stadium of the Los Angeles Dodgers (plus we revisited the Mariners). We also visited some minor league stadiums, and the Field of Dreams movie site.
In 2025, we visited another seven: Citizens Bank Park of the Philadelphia Phillies, Comerica Park of the Detroit Tigers, Progressive Field of the Cleveland Guardians, Rogers Centre of the Toronto Blue Jays, Fenway Park of the Boston Red Sox, Yankee Stadium of the New York Yankees, and PNC Park of the Pittsburgh Pirates (and the Mariners again, including a Bananaball game at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park). And some spring training and minor league games, plus the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Again, you can also see the attractions from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021. And you can see all of the attraction-related blog posts via the exploring category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top, or more specifically the baseball category (with earliest or latest posts at the top).
Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Phillies spring training game:
Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays spring training:
Philadelphia Phillies vs San Francisco Giants:
Harrisburg Senators vs Erie SeaWolves:
Akron RubberDucks vs Somerset Patriots:
Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox:
Cleveland Guardians vs Los Angeles Angels:
Toronto Blue Jays vs Philadelphia Phillies:
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum:
Boston Red Sox vs Cincinnati Reds:
New York Yankees vs Seattle Mariners:
New York Yankees vs Seattle Mariners:
Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago White Sox:
Banana Ball: Savannah Bananas vs The Firefighters:
Play ball!
2025 towns
This summary is about cities and towns I’ve posted about. I don’t tend to do these posts very often, so there aren’t many.
Again, you can also see the attractions from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021. And you can see all of the attraction-related blog posts via the exploring category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top, or more specifically the town category (with earliest or latest posts at the top).
Amish country covered bridges:
Some interesting places.
2025 food
A summary of food- and restaurant-related posts in 2025.
Again, you can also see the attractions from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021. And you can see all of the attraction-related blog posts via the exploring category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top, or more specifically the food category (with earliest or latest posts at the top)
Suomi Home Bakery & Restaurant:
Tasty stuff.
2025 theme parks
Not sure what it says about us that it’s worthwhile to have a summary post about theme parks, but here we are.
Again, you can also see the attractions from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021. And you can see all of the attraction-related blog posts via the exploring category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top, or more specifically the theme park category (with earliest or latest posts at the top).
Disney World: Magic Kingdom After Dark:
Disney World: Hollywood Studios:
Disney World: Hollywood Studios After Dark:
Disney World: Epcot After Dark:
Disneyland halloween: [This link won’t work until later.]
Disney California Adventure halloween: [This link won’t work until later.]
Disneyland Christmas: [This link won’t work until later.]
Disney California Adventure Christmas: [This link won’t work until later.]
Fun times.
2025 parks and museums
In the previous post I covered the National Parks we visited in 2025, but we also visited many National Monuments and other National Park Service units, plus state parks, museums, and such. So this post summarizes those.
Again, you can also see the attractions from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021. And you can see all of the attraction-related blog posts via the exploring category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top, or more specifically the park category (with earliest or latest posts at the top), and the museum category (with earliest or latest posts at the top).
Seeing hundreds of manatees at Three Sisters Springs in Florida:
Rainbow Springs State Park headsprings:
Weeki Wachee Springs State Park:
Crooked River State Park trails:
Fort Frederica National Monument:
Fort Sumter National Historical Park:
Fort Moultrie National Historical Park:
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site:
Independence National Historical Park:
St Clair River and Lake Huron:
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore:
Niagara Falls: Cave of the Winds:
Niagara Falls: Maid of the Mist:
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park:
Fort Williams Park & Portland Head Light:
Salem Maritime National Historic Site:
Boston National Historical Park:
Keweenaw Peninsula of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan:
Iron Mountain and Needles drive:
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park:
Some fascinating places.
2025 National Parks
One of the main reasons for traveling the United States in a motorhome is to explore the many wonders around the country.
This is a summary of the National Parks we visited in 2025. You can also see the attractions from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.
As with the previous summaries, I’ll include a link to the corresponding blog post, and a sample picture. Click or tap the link or picture to see more.
You can see all of the attraction-related blog posts via the exploring category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top, or more specifically the national park category (with earliest or latest posts at the top).
We visited 5 new National Parks in 2025 (plus revisited several), for a total of 52 so far of the 63 total National Parks. We have visited all of the National Parks in the contiguous states; a major milestone! Just those in Alaska, Hawaii, and American Samoa to go.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park: visitor centers:
Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Brandywine Falls:
Cuyahoga Valley National Park Scenic Railroad: Vamos Vino Grape Escape:
Acadia National Park: east loop:
Acadia National Park: west loop:
Acadia National Park: Cadillac Mountain sunrise:
Acadia National Park: Schoodic Peninsula:
Voyageurs National Park: Lake Kabetogama and Ash River:
Voyageurs National Park: Rainy Lake Grand Tour:
Yellowstone Lamar Valley area:
Yellowstone Old Faithful area:
Yellowstone Artists Paintpots area:
Joshua Tree Hidden Valley Nature Trail hike: [This link won’t work until later.]
Several nice parks.
Baseball: Mariners vs Dodgers again
The second of the two games we attended of the Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Dodgers at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.
Mister Softee:
Ice cream nachos:
View from our seats:
Play ball:
Sushi and pizza:
Clayton Kershaw retiring:
Removing the rubber for Kershaw:
Baseball: Mariners vs Dodgers
We stayed a night in a Seattle hotel and attended two games of the Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Dodgers at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.
Edgar’s Cantina:
Nachos:
Grasshoppers:
Jenn with a grasshopper (yes, we ate several; tastes kinda nutty):
Selfie from our seats (mustaches were a meme with the team, with most players growing them; Jenn got some, but forgot them at home, and a nice lady at the entrance gate gave her one):
View from our seats:
Jenn with her shiny jacket:
The Mariner Moose:
Seize the Moment:
Play ball:
The ballpark captures photos and GIFs of everyone’s seats:
