I now know that western PA is hilly, very hilly. Saturday was day of driving through this area, stopping at both Penn State and Williamsport before staying the night in Binghamton, NY, home of the “Spiedie”. More on that later.
First stop was in College Station, home of Penn State. Beautiful campus with a huge football stadium.
After a quick stop there, we made our way to Williamsport, home if the Little League World Series. Beautiful setting. The grounds are open to walking around, so as we did that there just happened to be an employee around who offered to let us into the field. Just five of us, noone else around.
16 teams from around the world all staying in the same dorms together for two weeks. A beautiful place. For the record the fields are in South Williamsport, across the river from the home of the first LL field in Williamsport.
At that site is a historical minor league ballpark, Bowden Field, where the pros play a game during the World Series. Pretty small place to imagine a big league game taking place.
Finished the day by driving another two hours up to Binghamton, NY. A “spiedie” is a sub filled with charred pieces of kabob meat, typically chicken or pork. A local favorite, the annually “Spiedie Fest” occurred while we were there. 100,000 people over three days every August.
Fried pierogis and charred meat. Yes, please!