Washington, DC - Nationals Park

We decided to take it easy Wednesday and just relax at the pool before the 7pm game.  It was mostly sunny that afternoon and it felt good to stay off our feet after two days of touring the museums and the zoo.

We decided drive to the stadium instead of taking the Metro.  The drive was fairly easy as most people were coming out of DC in the afternoon as we were heading in.  We found some free parking on the street about a half mile from the stadium.  There were parking lots right near where we parked that were $20.  This free parking seemed too good to be true, but we verified with a local couple that was parking in a similar spot that it was OK to park there for the game and then made the short walk to the stadium.  

The stadium is located really close to the Anacostia River and the Naval Yard.  We arrived inside the stadium and watched batting practice from the left field bleachers.  Kevin came close to catching a couple of batting practice home run balls.  We walked through the main level concourse.  Tina had her picture taken with the Thomas Jefferson mascot and then went to our seats.  We had first row seats down the first base line.  We were about 10 feet from the foul line and got a very close look at the right fielder.

There was a very good crowd, not full but not a great number of empty seats.  The Nationals were playing the -Cincinnati Reds, and it was a close, exciting game that the Reds ended up winning 2-1.  The Nationals loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth, but failed to score.  It was about a 12 mile drive back to our hotel in Maryland and was very quick and easy.