Party animals and car alarms at 5am made for a ridiculously early morning. We got up, grabbed Starbucks and some delicious Burger King pancakes and were on the road by 8.
We headed north for Seattle and drove extremely quickly in order to make it in time for the 1030 am tour of CenturyLink Field - where the Seattle Sounders and Seattle Seahawks play. We had to stop for construction a couple times but rolled into the city with 15 minutes to spare. We grabbed tickets and were able to find a parking spot for only $20 while most other places were $40.
We entered the facility and were blown away by 70000+ seats! We toured through many suites, tv rooms and storage areas before going out on the field. Our tour guide had tens of stories about players and games and kept us entertained for well over an hour. The boys were absolutely ecstatic about the experience and couldn't stop talking about it all day.
We got out of the tour and grabbed 4 hot dogs and smokies on our way next door to Safeco Field to watch the Mariners play the NY Mets. It was an afternoon game so there weren't any tours available but we got 4 nosebleed seats for $30 each and went up and watched the first two innings. As you can imagine, food and beverages were crazy expensive so we were glad to have eaten beforehand.
There were several hundred fans dressed up n bright orange here to cheer for the Mets. Apparently, they apply on a website and go to different games around the US dressed in different tshirts for each game. They were rowdy and raucous and made the game very entertaining.
Because there were several thousand seats unfilled, I made the family relocate to seats in the 20th row just past the third base line in right field. We went 3 rows in front of all the Mets fans and what an adventure we had. They were loud and cheering the rest of the game.
We were in the hot sunshine and watched the Mariners take a 3-1 lead before Krista and the boys retreated to the shade in the top deck. I stayed and watched the remainder of the game hoping to catch a foul ball but to no avail. The Mariners pulled off the win 3-2 and the home fans were ecstatic!
We left the game and drove our van down to the Pike Place markets. We walked around for a couple hours and watched the fish throwers and visited many shops. We went to the Hard Rock Cafe for pizza and nachos. We walked down to Pier 56 and saw many sailboats, ships and ferries. We were pretty tired of walking and headed back to the van and drove to our hotel at the airport. It didn't have a swimming pool so we all just watched Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince and called it a night.
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