#TIMONTOUR - RANDOM SNIPPETS

There was lots of little bits that we did the first week Tim was visiting where we took some photos but it wasn't too many. So I decided to save you all the bother of having to read lots of posts by shoving them together into one. 

We took a trip to Famous Dave's, a BBQ restaurant. It is the most meat filled place ever and you know that everything you are eating is bad for you. Tim was so happy and excited about it, as you can tell! 

We went to see the Lancaster Jethawks play. It was absolutely freezing (for a May night in California) so we were pretty wrapped up. They lost the game but there was fireworks at the end so it was all worth it in the end. Plus Tim got a foam finger, so there's that....

We took a day trip up to Santa Barbara too whilst Tim was here. Its a beautiful place. We did a little bit of shopping and some sight seeing, but most importantly we had fish and chips! There's a fish and chip shop there called Macs. Its owned by a British guy. It was the closest thing to proper fish and chips that we've had over here, so it was nice to be reminded of home. Macintosh really enjoyed it!

So that's it for the random snippets, next week I'll be telling you all about San Francisco and Yosemite! Hooray!
H

AT THE OLD BALL GAME

"Take me out to the ball game

Take me out with the crowd

Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack

I don't care if i never get back

Let me root, root root for the home team

If they don't win its a shame

For its one, two, three strikes, your out

At the old ball game"

What do you know of baseball? This is what I asked myself. I know its kinda like rounders and with reading 'One Summer in America 1927' by Bill Bryson I thought I knew a little bit more than most but when it came to the basic rules, I didn't have a clue! This last Friday we were invited to watch the Jethawks, Lancaster's Baseball team. So with this being the first time either of us had watched a baseball game in its entirety, not just clips or read stories of it was a interesting learning experience.

I'm not going to bore you by explaining how it works now, someone has probably done a really good job on Wikipedia (something I should have checked out first before going maybe). We obviously started by having a hotdog and a burger, I mean you have too! They were so tasty so must be terrible for you, then we found our seats.

I didn't realise how may breaks there are in a baseball game. This particular baseball game was Starwars themed so the breaks had themed entertainments, such as wookie impressions to storm trooper dance offs.

The more the game went on the more we realised it wasn't so much about the game, though to some people that was a big deal (especially to the two guys sitting three rows behind us!!), it was more about the atmosphere. Most people were there to enjoy an evening out with family. The night was finished off with a firework display and some live music. A great evening that we will have to do again soon!

A.