Every year, Steven's work (MDC Holdings) has some activity that they invite their employees and families to attend. Last year we got to go to the Denver Zoo. This year it was a Rockies game at Coors Field. The Rockies were playing some random team. They lost miserably. If you want more info about the game itself,
Click Here. We didn't really come for the game. We went to be together as a family, to have a new experience, to try the food (we each got $20 of food money with our tickets!).
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Our seats were on the west side of the stadium. The hard green plastic seats soaked up the warm sun's rays, but as the afternoon progressed some clouds rolled in and we got some showers to cool things off a bit. We were close enough that we could see the ball if we looked closely. We could see the pitcher throw it, the batter swing and sometimes hit it. We could see the ball flying through the air and usually get caught by someone in the outfield. Then we would watch the ball fly back towards the players at the bases (if there were runners) before it returned to the pitcher to repeat the cycle. What a dizzying experience it must be to be a baseball.
Above us was the food court. Between the six of us we tried nachos, sandwiches, hot dogs and bottomless buckets of popcorn and I don't know what all else. We ate ice cream and drank sodas and water. The food was good, if horrifically over priced. At least we weren't paying for it ourselves! Thank you generous employers!
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| My first selfie... trying to keep Peter entertained. |
We talked to some of the people around us, and some of the other employees from Steven's work. John read the book he had brought with him. (Unfortunately he ran out of pages to read before the game was over.) We sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and occasionally even peered at the scoreboard to figure out which team was up to bat, and how many runs and outs there had been. Occasionally the crowd would roar and we'd look at the field below to figure out what had happened.
When the game was over, we followed the flow of humanity out of the stadium and returned to our car. We had enjoyed being together and experiencing something different from our normal.
Every year, Steven's work (MDC Holdings) has some activity that they invite their employees and families to attend. Last year we got to go to the Denver Zoo. This year it was a Rockies game at Coors Field. The Rockies were playing some random team. They lost miserably. If you want more info about the game itself, Click Here. We didn't really come for the game. We went to be together as a family, to have a new experience, to try the food (we each got $20 of food money with our tickets!).
Above us was the food court. Between the six of us we tried nachos, sandwiches, hot dogs and bottomless buckets of popcorn and I don't know what all else. We ate ice cream and drank sodas and water. The food was good, if horrifically over priced. At least we weren't paying for it ourselves! Thank you generous employers!
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