The second of the two games we attended of the Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Dodgers at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.
Mister Softee:
Ice cream nachos:
View from our seats:
Play ball:
Sushi and pizza:
Clayton Kershaw retiring:
Removing the rubber for Kershaw:
We stayed a night in a Seattle hotel and attended two games of the Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Dodgers at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.
Edgar’s Cantina:
Nachos:
Grasshoppers:
Jenn with a grasshopper (yes, we ate several; tastes kinda nutty):
Selfie from our seats (mustaches were a meme with the team, with most players growing them; Jenn got some, but forgot them at home, and a nice lady at the entrance gate gave her one):
View from our seats:
Jenn with her shiny jacket:
The Mariner Moose:
Seize the Moment:
Play ball:
The ballpark captures photos and GIFs of everyone’s seats:
We attended a Banana Ball game of the Savannah Bananas vs The Firefighters, playing at T-Mobile Park, home of the Seattle Mariners.
Merch:
Pre-show:
T-Mo:
Banana Ball World Tour:
The mascot Split tossing a football with the crowd:
Fan Challenger:
Balancing a ladder:
Man-nanas:
Bananas:
Firefighters:
Play ball:
World’s Slowest Race:
Female pitcher:
Dancing ump:
A proposal disguised as a game:
Closing the roof after the game:
We attended a game of the Tacoma Rainiers vs the Reno Aces at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, along with Jenn’s father, plus her brothers and their significant others.
An interactive map of the stadium and environs; there are two separate entrances and parking lots, and if you go out the wrong exit, it seems that you have to walk around the outfield to get back to your car (ask me how I know):
View from our seats:
Flyover:
The mascot, Rhubarb:
Play ball:
Exploring the ballpark:
Rhubarb:
The game didn’t go great for the Rainiers:
But it was nice to hang out with fam.
On our last day in Yellowstone National Park we visited the Artists Paintpots area, then completed the lower loop, with a picnic dinner at a secret picnic area:
A bison swimming across Yellowstone River:
Bison:
Artusts’ Paintpots:
On the way home we had a picnic in a “secret” area that seems to have mostly fallen into Yellowstone Lake:
On our sixth day in Yellowstone National Park we headed south out of the park, to do a quick scenic drive of the neighboring Grand Teton National Park:
A picnic lunch at Lewis Lake:
Lewis Falls:
Grand Teton National Park entrance sign:
Jackson Lake:
Signal Mountain Overlook:
Grand Teton peaks:
Horses:
Bison:
Horses chasing after a bison:
Dinner at Leeks Pizzeria (a very long wait):
A bear across the lake:
Sunset over Yellowstone Lake on the way home:
On our fifth day in Yellowstone National Park we visited the Black Sand Basin, the Old Faithful area, and West Thumb Geyser Basin on the way back:
Black Sand Basin:
Upper Geyser Basin:
Old Faithful Lodge:
Old Faithful erupting:
Kepler Cascades:
Continental Divide, elevation 8262, and Isa Lake:
Ducks in Isa Lake:
West Thumb Geyser Basin:
On our fourth day in Yellowstone National Park we visited the Lamar Valley area, all the way to just before the northeast entrance, then over to Mammoth Hot Springs, and around the upper loop:
Bison:
Tower Falls:
Interesting rocks:
Bison in Lamar Valley:
NE Entrance Road:
Bison in Lamar Valley:
Elk in Mammoth:
Mammoth terraces:
Waterfall:
Sheepeater Cliff:
Bison strolling on the road:
Elk:
Bison:
On our third day in Yellowstone National Park we visited the Midway area, specifically Fountain Paint Pots and Grand Prismatic Spring, with a spot of shopping in Canyon and a picnic dinner at the Firehole River Picnic Area beforehand. Here’s our route, going around the lower loop counter-clockwise:
Bison jam:
Fountain Paint Pots:
We were standing around the junction of the boardwalk when Jenn spotted a bison approaching, grazing the grass, so we retreated to a safe distance (unlike those people, who are a bit too close):
Rather old and scrawny:
Midway Geyser Basin:
Rather too misty to get a good view:
On our second day in Yellowstone National Park we visited the Norris area. We had actually planned to visit the Madison area, but it was a bit busy still, so we continued up to Norris, with a picnic nearby then a walk around the Porcelain Basin of Norris. Here’s our route, going around the lower of the two main loops in a clockwise direction:
A bison on the side of the road:
Picnic dinner at the Norris Meadows Picnic Area:
Norris Geyser Basin:
