Victory is sweet

On one of the ferry transit boats in Stockholm

View looking out from Gamla Stan island in Stockholm

Vasa museum in Stockholm

Norsk Museum-- Stockholm

The architecture in Stockholm is spectacular

The stern of the Viking ship recovered from Stockholm harbor circa 1960-- This ship sat underwater for hundreds of years and is the best preserved Viking ship left in the world today

This museum was full of artifacts that were found on the ship as well as detailed info on how the ship was raised from the bottom of the sea-- Unfortunately, she sank on her maiden voyage.

She still looks seaworthy

This boat conjured up images of Viking warriors who are out to seek treasure and fortune on the high seas.

Sea side amusement park in Stockholm

Swimming aboard the Vision of the Seas

Testing the waters

The real fish of the family who learned to swim at 2 years of age in Arizona.

One of the lounge areas on board the cruise ship

I thought I would post some more pics from the trip last week. However, I must first take a moment to congratulate the Crocodile players on a great game yesterday. We traveled to Porvoo on Saturday and defeated the defending champion Butchers in a hard fought 21-14 game. It was a physical hard-hitting game. We had a lot of adversity to overcome over the past 3 weeks and the players rose to the occasion. The only people that probably thought that we could beat the Butchers were the 25 or so players who made the trip. It was nice to see the guys smile after the game and enjoy the victory. We must now get ready to face the Turku Trojans on Friday night of this upcoming week. The Trojans are led by a QB who played his college ball at USC. I believe he was a backup to both Carson Palmer and Matt Leinhart, who are now both playing in the NFL. We are also looking forward to welcoming a few new players to our roster. We are hopeful that they will arrive before our game this Friday. Both of the new guys are defensive players and one of them spent last season with the San Diego Chargers. I will follow up with more info. on the new guys once they arrive in Seinajoki.
The weather in Seinajoki has been absolutely beautiful over the past several days with temps in the low to mid 80's. The air is dry and there is a light breeze. We ended up spending most of the day Sunday with my defensive coordinator on the Crocodiles coaching staff and his family. We went swimming at a lake near their home and then retreated back to their place for some food and more swimming in their pool. We also got some lessons on the rules and basic techniques of Finnish baseball in the back yard. They have two children who are close in age to Kamryn and Kodie, so the kids had a good time playing together. The kids don't share a common culture or language, but that sure didn't get in the way of them having fun and enjoying each others company. Thanks again to the Martinmaki family for your warm hospitality.

Lights out.