Final post from the trip

I forgot to mention this in the Nationals Park review.

The park lost major points for not playing "God Bless America' during the 7th inning stretch.

Really? In the nation's capital? All I'm saying is that the YES network does not even cut to commercial when they play it in that majestic ballpark in the Bronx.  

The Game

The Nationals vs. the Mets was hands-down the best game we've seen during our tour.  However, it was also the hottest game we've attended.  Who knew that 7 pm in Washington D.C. would be 20 degrees hotter than an afternoon game in Atlanta?  Seriously, water was running off of us while we were sitting in our seats.  We were so hot and could not believe the game went into extra innings.  We really wanted to see the Mets win but we also really just wanted the game to be over so we could find some air conditioning.

Had great seats about 10 rows behind the visitor's dugout.

View from our seats:

Infractions

John had 2 major infractions on the baseball stadium visit.

#1 Eating a meal between lunch and visiting the park. Completely unacceptable as we must leave room to sample all the ballpark food.

#2 Eating ice cream and/or sno-cone before the game starts.  A frozen treat is not allowed until at least the 4th inning.

Best picture from Nationals Park

Nationals Park Review

Nationals Park most reminds of us the White Sox stadium.  It's a new style ball park and a nice place to see a game but has nothing special. No local food and no local color. 

Good quality food but nothing unique.  We use an italian sausage standard for comparing the parks. Nationals Park has a good quality 2 link sausage on a roll that holds up in 100 degree weather.  The cute capital themed food stand signs are not so cute.  

The Nationals are so new that they don't have any history of their own so they borrow from past teams present in Washington D.C. or show salutes to great players.  They have an exciting team so I can only imagine how this will change with time.  

Being a new style park, you can circle the park and watch the game from the concourse. However, Nationals Park lost major points for the concourse not being open behind home plate.  

Capital

We made another attempt at some sightseeing in the afternoon.  The temperature was well over 100.  How do people live in the South?

Really hot in D.C.

Went to Marine Memorial and Arlington in the morning.  It was so hot.

Picked up John at Union Station. Spent way too many hours in the hotel bar at lunch.  Here's a picture of us and the bartender with our record setting bar tab.