Monday, July 07, 2008

Independence Day

This Independence Day was a sort of independence for Reg and me..it was our first without kids at home..So we celebrated! We went to the Mariners Game. The game started at 1:10PM. We decided to stay overnight in Seattle at the Silver Cloud Hotel, right across from Safeco Field. This was the view from our room! Pretty cool!
Here we are in our seats in the Terrace Club level. I had some 2 for 1 tickets, so we went this route. It was fun! In seat food service, bigger, padded seats..In order to experience it all, we did have our food delivered to our seats. It's more expensive, but our attitude was.."who cares!" We were in row 2 in the 200 level. Real close to the foul pole in right field. It was one of those areas where you need to keep an eye on the ball. I have found though that my perception of where the ball is hit is a bit skewed.
Our view (no zoom) of the field


Ichiro!! Zoomed!! No, he's not on the phone!


Happy 4th of July!!


After the game we returned to the hotel and vegged out. We had dinner at Jimmy's which is in the hotel. The food was great! At the Silver Cloud, the pool is on the 9th floor and that's where we headed around 9PM to wait for the fireworks on Elliott Bay. It was quite crowded up there. I'm glad we got there early. This is a picture of the sun reflecting on one of the downtown buildings.

FIREWORKS!!
It was a wonderful time and with all that's gone on recently, it was a nice escape for us!
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday too!


1 comment:

Eliza said...

What fun! Sounds like a great little escape for you & Daddy. I love you both!