We will be heading back in just a little while - not to Seattle directly, but on a little side trip through Yakima toward Chinook Pass and the Putnam cabin on the Bumping River.
The Spokane trip has been swell. There's a great coffee shop in M&G's neighborhood, called The Shop because it is a converted auto repair garage. We took a walk and passed a nice morning there before having elevenses at Huckleberry's. The day was low-key, and then we went to a Spokane Indians (Single-A) ball game in the evening. This extravaganza included, besides the 8-3 game itself, these entertainments:
-The usual goofy mascot, a blue, big-nosed lizardy creature called a Spokanasaurus
-A tortilla-throwing contest (for distance)
-A radio-controlled car race
-A toss-the-pizza-box-in-the-butterfly-net competition
-A stadium-wide Macarena session
-"Take me out to the ball game" at the seventh inning stretch (of course)
-Rolled-up t-shirts slingshot into the stands
-And the coup de theatre, a giant pink bunny in a helicopter dropping 2,000 one-dollar bills onto the field so people (a selected 30) could scrabble for them
Wow.
Met up with some old pals from grad school days, Nellie and Yet-Another-Scott. They came to the game and we all went back to Eeker manor afterwards and stayed up too late talking. Nice to reconnect.
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Oh geez, I would have all over the stadium wide Macarena! Actually that game sounded way more fun than the one Mariner's game I attended this year, although the fact that I don't really enjoy watching baseball might have something to do with that.
Glad you are having a good time. I am enjoying a quiet weekend of reading and napping, making sure I am well rested for COLL 101- SLAM!
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