:: Photo Thursday:: Weekend shots

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Nathan

A packed weekend that started off in Seattle for two baseball games, Mariners vs Tampa Bay. First game was a write off, second one was pretty dam good, then whipped up to Sunshine Valley.

::these two are wondering were everyone is...::

::he actually hit this guy and broke his leg...almost::

::good weekend for ball::

:: ::

Headed home Saturday after the afternoon game and drove up to Sunshine Valley to visit my Parents. I guess it was a good weekend to visit since a lot was going on up there. Mud racing, music, and mud and music. So not a lot but probably a lot for Sunshine Valley. Its too close to Manning so I am not sure how many times I’ll be back. Rode my bike home Monday morning to get my training in. Nice huge downhill swoop into Hope and the Fraser Valley. Tons of crap on the rode to flatten a tire…ended up getting a flat in Harrison… Pretty fun long weekend that will shoot me into a traper for Ironman week.

:: This kid almost bucked himself off::

:: yep, I saw tongue:: shorty after I took this, I got a mean look from her...::

:: Old Silvertip Ski Area :: Interesting little rope tow ::

:: The Lions Den: Kinda wanted to kick down the door to see how many emptys where in there::

Seattles Rock and Roll Museum

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Nathan

Last week while I was in Seattle I headed to the Rock and Roll museum, the building alone is quite interesting. Admission was 14.50 and I would say it’s worth going, especially if you are a Jim Hendrix fan. They had a huge amount of Jimmy things from over the years, I didn’t realize that he was from Seattle. Plenty of facts, images, clothing and smashed up guitars.

Two things that really stuck out for me was the large guaitar sculputure, with the second being how well they had their interactive displays layed out. You could spend a solid few days combing over all the information that they had. Along with the music history and displays they also carry other displays. When we were there they were getting ready for a large science fiction display with a lot of star trek crap as well as a third section for the kids carrying Muppet “stuff”.

Right close to the space needle

I love this photo. I like taking photos of people taking photos....

huge video display...you don't need to pay to see it.

the white cello was a nice touch on the sculpture

Mid Week Seattle Trip

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Nathan

So my grandfather had some extra tickets for the Seattle Mariners game Wednesday and Thursday night. Wednesday night they were playing the Chicago White Sox and then Thursday the New York Yankees.

So it was time to bomb back to the states. I was pretty amped up for the Yankees game Thursday since I hadn’t seen them play since last may. White Sox game ended up being probably the best regular season game I’ve seen on tv or live. A 0-0 tie going into the 14th inning with Ken Griffey pinch hitting to get them the win. So much insane defense, including Ichiro gunning a runner out a home to keep it scoreless. Apparently it was the longest 0-0 game in Mariner history….

Roof off Safeco

Looking like it wants to rain

quite a few still stuck around--14th inning...

The motel we stayed at Wednesday night

Old pop machine right out our door.

I have not done back to back games with the Mariners before and the attendance numbers where a lot different for the White Sox then the Yankees. So were the prices, tickets in the same area where 5 bucks more and parking was double! I was kinda choked because the two guys I really wanted to see on the Yankees didnt end up playing, but CC Sabathia did pitch a great game. (a-rod and Jorge Posada

Thursdays game had a larger crowd. A little cotton candy?

I love the sky in this image....

New Yankee Stadium Takes Center Stage to open Baseball.

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Nathan

: Police after the game

: View From our seats

More pics can be seen at my flickr account.

This weekend I’m spending my Easter long weekend in the USA. We drove by Safeco field in Seattle, one of my favorite ballparks. I usually take in a few games a year and want to take in a few more this year. This is the opening month for baseball and the big event of this year is the opening of the new Yankee Stadium. Its replacing the old stadium that was built 1923, with the new stadium being built right across the street. This stadium is second most expensive stadium at 1.5 billion dollars behind England’s Wembley Stadium at 798 000 pounds. April 3rd hosted the very first game against the Chicago Cubs, with the first regular season game on 16th of April against the Cleveland Indians.

Last year I was lucky enough to get to the old stadium before it wasn’t around anymore. We caught a Mets vs.Yankees game and was one of the coolest experiences. Yankees lost the game but it didn’t seem to matter because there was a lot of Mets fans.

How did we get tickets? 2 months before on Craiglist in New York. We did a little research and figured we got a good deal for 250. We asked around when we sat down at a pub in Mid-town New York (after the game) and the locals confirmed we did pretty well. We were a little hesitant to buy off the net, but we did all the steps to make sure it was not a scam. We had them mailed out once the seller had them printed, so we got them about a month before we headed to New York. It all ended up working out and now I need to make plans to check out the new stadium.

A cool little side story has to deal with Mariano Rivera and Monument Park. He wanted to move the team’s bullpen, as well as to have access to the park directly from the bullpen so the relievers can access it . They added the door and moved the bullpen at his request, he’s got some pull.

Safeco seating at peak 54,ooo

Old Yankee stadium sat just under 58,000, new stadium just over 52,000

Broke ground for new Yankee stadium August 16, 2006

The exterior of new Yankee Stadium was made from 11,000 pieces of limestone.

Kentucky Blue grass surface, same a previous Yankee Stadium.

Total of 227 miles of Ethernet cable that wraps the New Stadium.

Demolition of Old Yankee began in March 2009

The “new” Wembley stadium is the largest covered stadium in the world.

Here are some shots taken from the NY Times of the new stadium.

Nathan Veldhoen

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