To celebrate our friend Peter's birthday, we went to a baseball game with him and a few of his friends. The weather forecast threatened rain and so we brought along our old DisneyWorld ponchos with us just in case we needed to take cover.
We met Peter and Erin at the light rail station and once the rest of the gang showed up, we all traveled downtown to Coors Field - the home of the Rockies.
The $4 seats were on the Rock Pile and at first I thought we'd be sitting on literal rocks but I was wrong. The Rock Pile stand was built behind and over a pile of rocks, hence the name. Without any shelter and with the worst possible viewing, Coors field couldn't charge more than $4 a ticket for this seating.
Rock Pile below the stand
We didn't mind though and we had the jumbo-tron right next to us so we could see the players close up. The most important things were the toilets and hot dog/nacho vendors directly under the stand and the cotton candy (candyfloss) stand wasn't too far from the stand.
The boys had so much junk (ice cream, cotton candy and nachos) that I thought they'd bounce up and down the stand for most of the game but instead they entertained the people around them with jokes and funny moves.
We stood to attention when the group of high school bands that were assembled on the field played The Star Spangled Banner and I am quite pleased that I know most of the words by heart.
After the game the younger crowd (i.e. everyone but the Lotters) went to a restaurant for drinks and we took our kids home on the light rail. While we were waiting at the station for the train, the boys decided to do some break dancing and Cullen figured out he could do the splits. Within a few minutes we had a small crowd of spectators watching and encouraging my 'shy' kids.
It was a good evening despite the fact that the Rockies lost!