We stayed the previous night in Fort Wayne and headed out to South Bend the next afternoon. To add some fun to the trip we got their early and headed to the South Bend Chocolate Factory and took the factory tour. I would recommend this to anyone in the area. The kids loved the movie and the free hand dipped chocolate spoons, though I thought the chocolate was pretty average.
After the tour, we headed over to Notre Dame's campus. I had never personally been to this football shrine (though I am not a fan) so I wanted to get a closeup. I really enjoyed the statues outside the Stadium and the up close look at Touchdown Jesus!
We headed from campus to the search for the stadium. I have never seen a park that has so unobvious as this one. We actually circled around the park once before we even realized that was the park. It has no presence within the city unlike every other stadium we have seen. It actually seems to be sunken down below ground level. Once in the stadium, you are really no more impressed then you are from the outisde. Other then Bosse field in Evansville, I have not been to a park so obviously aged (and Bosse's age lends charm). This park is just old and simple.
With that being said, we were very excited about Super Hero night. The kids dressed up as their favorite super heros. Edan was Spiderman and David was Batman. Regretfully, no one else who came to the game got the memo. When they came around to collect superheros our two were the only ones in the park. They took them both down to the dugout and Edan won on a second round cheer off by the crowd (David stills swears he won the first round, but the announcer called it a tie). This continued Edan's good luck from the previous night as he was given a free Silverhawks t-shirt that was two sizes to large. On the positive side, we saved it and a year later he now wears it. 
Like the park, the food seemed to have little character. I have nothing of interest to share here. This is not a park I would recommend unless you were in the vicinity and desperate for some baseball. We drove over to Michigan City and got a hotel for the next couple nights following the game.
In keeping with tradition, we bought a silver Silver Hawks mini bat.
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