Today was a warm sunny day and we started off by doing some work in the garden. Nothing too strenuous; spread some compost and planted a couple of plants. We worked mostly around the front of the house as it was too warm in the sun around the back, with the trees gone.
That evening I had an all American treat, we went to watch a Baseball game. The Albany Valleycats vs the Vermont Lake Monsters. I was excited, I wanted to go see a baseball game since the last summer I was here.
We took our seats in the well packed stadium and waited for the game to begin. First of all, everyone had to stand up for the National Anthem. I stood, didn't do the hand on heart thing or even sing but Sam was stood there, hand on heart mouth the words after that, the game began.
I didn't quite understand the rules so Sam was explaining them to me as they went. It seemed to be a more complicated form of rounders that we would play at school but was fun to watch none the less.
Sam got up a few times to go get food and beer, of which there seemed to be a huge selection. At one point she even brought me back what could only be described as an ice cream pizza! Delicious but oh so messy.
The Game itself was exciting in places, especially when one team or another would have bases loaded and try to get a home run brining in a full 4 runs, which the Lake Monsters did, giving them a 2 run lead.
Between innings there was a rest up, even at half innings, which meant the game kind of dragged. That didn't matter however as there was other entertainment. From clowns,bike races, barrel rolls, t-shirt throws and crowd based competitions. It wasn't just about the game, it was also about the field side entertainment which was something new to me, we don't have such things. When we see sport it's just about the game but here, it's a whole evening of games and entertainment.
The Valleycats were leading by 2 runs come the last inning and it looked like they would take home a home win, until the lake monsters hit another home, bringing in 2. The score was tied, which meant extra innings. Then the crowd really livened up cheering on the home side until the 12th inning, when the Valley cats hit a long ball into the outfield, with a man on second, he sprinted and brought himself home just before the ball was caught. The winning score 7:6 to the Albany Valley Cats. The crowd was up on it's feet cheering and I really enjoyed it.
After the game there was a fireworks display because the 4th of July was the next day. So the red, white and blue sparkles flew.
I didn't get very good shots of the fireworks so I just sat and enjoyed watching them instead.
After the game, we droves home and chatted about how fun it was, I'm glad I went. It was late by the time we got home so straight to bed we went. What a great, fun packed evening.