Nationals vs Rockies

We went to our first game at the Nationals baseball stadium yesterday, to watch them play none-other-than the Colorado Rockies.  We went with our great friends, Luke and Jessica Stumme, whom we usually go to Colorado affiliated sporting events with, as Luke is also a Colorado native.

It was a great game!...for the Rockies' fan that is!  Colorado ended up winning 7-1.  The weather was beautiful for a noon-time game; however, sitting in the plastic seats in the direct sunlight got a bit sweaty and warm by the third inning. Especially since I'm quite apparently an amateur at buying tickets for this ball park and bought tickets in what seemed like the only spot not covered by an overhang to block the sun. Super amateur of me!  But Nate and the Stumme's were good sports about my flawed seating selection and we spent about half the game standing up in the back of our section out of the direct sunlight.  Half the game you say?!  This was actually a super quick game by baseball standards, so we really were only up there standing a little over an hour or so.  And half of this time was spent eating our ballpark lunch at the bar-height ledge overlooking the field, so we were all pretty content.  The fact that the Rockies were leading the entire game too probably helped our jolliness too! ;0P

The Nationals Stadium is located in downtown D.C., with some not too shabby sites to be seen from the gallery level seating.  Yep, great view of the National Capital building from our standing seats.  Though I'll still have to give the St. Louis Cardinals the hands-down best view/ambiance from their Busch Stadium ballpark (picture the St. Louis Arch looming in the background, plus the mighty Mississippi rolling just beyond that...a definite bucket-list item for the avid baseball fans out there!).

Oddly enough, just like we did back in St. Louis, we rode the Metro into the stadium (yep, both city's transportation systems are called "The Metro"; though St. Louis' is obviously not as robust as D.C.'s).  It was standing room only on the way back, but well worth the missed traffic, parking fees, and saved time of driving to D.C. ourselves.  Great inaugural trip to the Nationals Stadium...definitely looking forward to going back.  Now we just need to decide whether or not Lauren and Olivia are ready for their inaugural trip!  But with our favorite water-filled Yards Park literally two blocks away from the stadium, sounds like a good possibility they'll both get to go to their first professional baseball game while we're stationed here in D.C.!