The Stadium, The House That Ruth Built call it what you want. I'm not going to say it was the greatest day in my life. That would just not be true, but I will say it is in the top five. When I opened my anniversary present I really couldn't believe my eyes. I honestly didn't think we would be going to see Yankee Stadium before it closed. you can imagine how excited I was. The night before was worse then Christmas eve. I was so excited.
We got there a few hours early. I wanted all the time I could get to soak in all the sites and sounds. Before we went I really couldn't understand why they wanted to close its door, but now I know. The Stadium is old and pretty run down. The restrooms were horrible. They were spaced far enough apart that I bet each bathroom serviced two or three thousand people. The bathrooms were small and had five urinals on each side of the wall. The four small toilets in the restroom I had to endure were horrible. Three of them didn't flush (which didn't stop people from using them) and the one that did work, was so dirty I'm sure I caught some disgusting disease just hovering over. I have never hated that fact that I have to got to the bathroom so often as I did then.
The tickets were much harder to get then The Misses was expecting. A gentleman my Mom works with has family in New York that had told her she would be able to get us a couple of tickets. Two weeks before we were to leave he still hadn't gotten our tickets. Finally he told her that his family wasn't able to get any tickets. My Mom was very upset. She went to work searching the Internet for several hours. She finally found a site that said they had tickets, but she needed to call instead of ordering them online. She called and the gentleman said they did have some tickets. When she ordered them she was under the impression that she could have spent more and gotten ones that had waiter service and were closer then the ones she got. Well as you can see the seats were better then she thought. Five rows up from the first base line. There were only four heads in front of us. It was incredible. In case you are wondering, yes it did have a waiter service: Can you guess what 2) hot dogs, 2) Small bags of chips, 1) bag of peanuts, and 2) beers cost...$40.00 not including the tips.
We did do other things while we were there. We took a boat ride down the East River and around the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. We walked down to see Ground Zero, which was nothing but a huge construction zone. One night we went to a local Brewery and had dinner and ended up drinking with a Coast Guardsman, a Girl from Florida, and an Engineer from Austria. One night we went to Broadway and saw RENT. I had seen it before when it came to Salt Lake. Each time we go on a long road trip The Misses and I listen to the soundtrack. It is unfortunate the movie didn't do the musical justice. It is an incredible roller coaster of highs and lows. I am glad we were able to see it before it closes on Sept 7. It was a great trip. I can't stand to be in crowds and that's all there was everywhere. The Misses wishes she would have been able to shop more (another thing I hate doing). She figured what's the point when she is not going to be around for over a year to use it, so she didn't seem to mind too much that we didn't. I told her when we were leaving that I was glad I was able to see New York, but the only reason I can see going back was to take our son or daughter to Yankee Stadium when they are in their teens. Over all it was a great trip.
