My son said the best part and worst part were essentially tied to the same thing. Playing six days a week was fun. Playing six days a week and the travel left little time for anything else.
Playing two summers near his grandfather allowed them to spend the most time together ever. Grandpa got to see him play more ball than ever before.
The schedule, road trips by bus, road trip food and cheap hotels convinced him if not drafted in the top twenty rounds (position player) he wasn’t interested in signing (there were forty rounds when he turned twenty-one).