The first of the Baseball Summer trips is to Washington, D.C. to see the Pirates play. We left Mars just after 9:30 a.m. Despite the traffic and a bit of construction, we arrived at the Hampton Inn, College Park just about 2:00. The hotel was an okay place, but nothing spectacular.
Had a bit of time to get settled and change our clothes for the game. We were only about 5 minutes from the Greenbelt Metro Station. Headed over there to get our Senior Metro passes, only to find out that they were only issued at Metro Central, which was closing in about 20 minutes. Oh, well. Did get a 3 day pass for $28.00, so that was a decent deal.
Greenbelt and Nationals Park, home of the Washington Nationals was about a 45 minute ride. We wore our masks and noticed that probably about 40% of the other riders did also.
We arrived at the park just as it was opening. Unfortunately, when I inquired about the statues of ball players and the key dates in their baseball history, we were told they were outside the gates at the opposite side of the stadium.
We walked around the main concourse checking out dinner options, but there was really no seating so we headed up to the level where our seats were - Sec. 314. We were pleasantly surprised to see approximately 30 picnic tables right at our section. We decided to have a chile dog from Ben's Chile Bowl.
The seats were great, very similar to our view at PNC Park. Although the Pirates had a good shot at winning the game. they came up short.
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