Quick trip to Seattle

Jodie and I have wanted to get E to a Mariners game for years. We finally managed to get tickets to a game and get a hotel room up there.

I was kind of weary about driving out monster rig around the streets of Seattle. We had our Garmin navigation to help us. I did pretty good, but a few times the directions came to late for me to make a turn. I hate being dumped on a freeway in the left lane...and having to get way over to the right in a quarter mile....in heavy traffic!

Oakland beat the Mariners 2-0. Not a real surprise considering the kind of year the M's are having. Eve so, watching Ichiro hit the ball almost out of the park, watching Raul hit the ball, and seeing Johjima's magic behind the plate, was awesome. E bought an unsigned Mariner's bat for $30. A bat signed by a player cost $300! The stadium attendants were all supremely nice to us. One gave E a baseball card of the relief pitcher that came in for Seattle.

We had an interesting time getting back to the hotel. Every way we tried to go was closed off! A couple of U-turns, and we found our way.