About 20 years ago, Rob and his friend Clint woke up one morning and decided to drive to Seattle. They were poor college students with spare time in the summer. They were at Clints apartment in Portland. He had lived there for months and it had literally no furniture, not even a bed. They saw Nolan Ryan was pitching against the Mariners and decided to drive on up to see him. Here is the approximate budget for the trip. Bleacher seats in the top level of the Kingdome looking down on home plate, $2 a piece. Kingdog $2. (Ok, maybe two kingdogs) Gas, maybe $10. They drove back after the game and solved lifes problems. Of course, life was much simplier when everything you own goes in the back of your car. The whole trip was less than $20. This weekend, our family kind of at the last moment decided to do the same thing. We got up and said lets go to a game. It was great, and with all due repect to Clint, we had fun as just a family. The parking alone cost $25. We sat in the "club" seats behind home plate next to the press box. The food choices are much better and they have waiters come to your seat. If you get tired of your seats, you can go sit at tables to eat, or in big comfy chairs. Its much better than Kingdome. We forgot camera, but have a phone picture. Jodi kept asking how far we were from where the "vampires" are from, but eventually got into the game.
