National's Home Opener!

As promised in an earlier post, I'd make this event my Grand Finale... though I actually made it home a couple days ago.  I needed to end on a positive note!  The weather was awesome - a little warm in the sun though!  Full of Nats and Phillies fans - maybe more Phillies than Nats, not sure.  They are DEFINITELY more obnoxious though, no question.  I felt like I was in elementary school being teased by a bunch of bullies.  You'd think the fans of a team with the most losses of any professional sports team of all time would be a bit more humble.  Not the case.  The Nats got spanked, but it was still fun to be there!  It was Robyn's first game too... so to go to the Nats Opener, see the secret service everywhere, HUGE lines, and to see the President throw out the first pitch - I'd say she was spoiled.  Plus the seats rocked.  :)

(Secret Service looking over the crowd outside the stadium)

(The line we waited in... whew!)

(Hollerrrrr!)

(Secret Service)

(Secret Service)

(Nats players ran between the flags upon introduction)

(Obama speaking with wounded veterans)

(I've seen better arms on a chair)

(she's so excited)

(see the ball?)

(sawed off his bat - which went further than the ball!)

By the Numbers...

Those of you following this know I left two Saturday's ago and drove thousands and thousands of miles.  But in order to put things in perspective, you gotta go by the numbers!  Here they are.  As accurate as I can get them.

Time Away From Home

Saturday, 20 Mar 2010, 5:00am - Saturday, 3 Apr 2010, 7:15pm
14 Days, 14 Hours, 15 Minutes, 32 seconds (just kidding on the seconds)
14.59375 Days

Driving

Total Miles Driven: 8,310
Avg Miles Driven per Day: 569
Total Driving Time: 135 hrs (5.625 days)
Avg Driving Time per Day: 9.25 hrs

Lodging

1 Night in Truck
3 Nights with Friends
10 Nights in Hotels/Motels - Avg $79.86 per night

Fuel

23 Tanks of Gas
Avg = $44.50 per fill-up

50 Random Pics

More pics of nothing in particular.  There may be some duplicates... IDFR.

(previous owners)

(my girls)

(I was busy driving.  Nothing else.)

(doh!!  The streak is over...)

(ice sticking to the windshield)

(See the water fall?)

(This gives an idea of how treacherous the road is - look at the guard railing: Left, then turn back right, then back to the left... over.  and over.  and over again.)

(Candy took this one!)

(At first glance, doesn't it look like these guys are real??  Fooled me...)

(I pulled over in Napa Valley to take this photo... While doing so, this guy drove by in the passenger seat of a passing car and yelled out, "HOMO!!"  - at first I was offended... but after considering the entire situation, I laughed.  Near San Fran, in wine country, taking photos of grape vines, mountains, and the sunset.  Yea, "homo" was pretty accurate!)

(Because I hesitated to board and took this pic, I was sworn at by the guy on the left.  I'm pretty sure he used the F-word).

(Gears.  You can see the tracks underneath!)

(Cars tackling Lombard St.)

(Looking back toward San Fran from atop the Golden Gate Bridge)

(yep... we crossed it.)

(We tackled a pretty decent hike to see this!  We were both sweaty and restless, but once we saw the prize, it was worth it.  I think.)

(See what I mean?  Up hill... both ways it seemed!!  Hiking expedition at Pfeiffer Big Sur)

(Lake ... can't remember)

(Holla at a Player)