That said, by Friday night, we needed to get out and do something fun...and since the weather broke into a glorious evening, we decided to hit the ballpark!
Here are Rohan and I outside the gate to Nationals Park, the home of the Washington Nationals! That evening they took on the St. Louis Cardinals.
Rohan, myself, Kori and Eamonn, through the eyes of a kind Nationals Park employee.
We check out the facilities. This Park is also brand new, just one year young!
Rohan poses with the field in the background.
The immense hi-def scoreboard.
The ladies. (Our husbands are really really lucky that we both love baseball so much!)
Getting some brews.
The stadium featured a lot of immenities for the kids, including a pitching and hitting park where you could measure the speed of your pitches. Did you know that I threw the fastest pitch on record???
The guys were jealous, so they started throwing to try to beat my speed, and strike out a virtual A-Rod. Too bad this virtual A-Rod was still on steroids, and so they weren't able to do it (although a 14-year old kid did!). But Ro was fast, as evidenced by these photos!
Look at that form! He's a pro!
Eamonn gives it a go, but also fails to strike out A-Rod.
Here we are just above our seats.
All of a sudden, a bird handler came around with an owl! Yes, he was alive, and I have to say, really really cute. I wanted to hold him!
Eamonn gets more brews. The staff was incredibly nice....southern hospitality at its best!
A view of the field from our seats. We managed to see a homerun by the hometeam, which was celebrated with fireworks...but they ended up loosing to the bat of Pujols.
It was a great time, although by the end of the day our feet were tired (as viewed here standing on the Metro platform). It was so fun, I think we'll have to make a habit out of visiting the different ballparks throughout the country!
More on D.C. to come...
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