We parked up near the Convention Center and took the Subway down. Good thing, too. Turns out the game was a sellout -- still trying to figure out why. The subway was pretty easy, although the token machine did take more money than I wanted to give it. Oh well. Free tokens for everyone. We saw a small fight break out on the way back up to the Convention Center, which was interesting. The police came running onto the platform where it happened after a few minutes and everything settled down. But, just like they told us in psychology class, nobody really did anything. About a hundred of us just stood around and tried to stay out of it. Great citizenship, huh?
Our seats at the game were really good, although the weather wasn't the greatest. Yes, it was sunny, but that meant sweltering heat. We would watch from our seats for an inning or two and then head back up to the concourse to watch from there. We managed to walk all the way around to check stuff out, which was cool. Fortunately, we were in our seats to watch the first Phillies grand slam of the season.
Maria putting up with me and my desire to go see a game.
After the game, we went to visit our friend Shannon who just moved to a new place. Parts of Philly have great tree-lined streets, which made the aimless walking around town afterward a bit more fun. We enjoyed dinner at Pietro's before going back to Lancaster.
This past Saturday, the fourth, was Maria's birthday. So I thought it might be nice to take her out to lunch here in Lancaster (we got take-out at The Pressroom and ate in Steinman Park just outside). We then drove all the way down to Pinnacle Point, which is in southwestern Lancaster County. Unfortunately, we were there in the early afternoon, so the light for picture taking wasn't that great. But the view is pretty spectacular. There are some trails that run around there that we'll get to someday. The drive there was pretty cool, too. It's a lot more hilly than you'd think in southern Lancaster County.
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