Our tickets were at will-call, and everything went very smoothly! We found our seats, which turned out to be in the very tip-top of the stadium. Yikes! It was a climb, but it was a gorgeous view from up there!
Nick's first order of business was to buy some cotton candy, of course! This park is awesome in part because they let you bring in water bottles, soda, and food - so long as it isn't liquor! We brought our leftovers from Swiss Louis with us, which made for a tasty lunch! It was freezing cold at the very top of the park, especially since there is no "real" wall behind you, just chain link fence covered with some sort of tarp material.
We moved after a few innings to go and explore the park. We really enjoyed the fact that they have standing room only areas throughout the outfield. This was the best fan experience I have ever had at a ballpark (mainly going off of Miller Park experiences, so maybe not saying much).
We also like their giant Coke bottle, which is apparently a slide for kids to go down! I never knew that, but it made it more awesome. We stayed in the SRO area for most of the rest of the game, and we almost caught two balls that came our way!! Whenever the Giants hit a home run out into the stands or the bay, they spray these big fountains which are right behind the SRO area, so we got a little wet as well. Eventually some season ticket holders offered us some seats that they knew were empty, since they knew the ticket holders and they weren't there that day. Sweet! We watched the rest of the game in comfort in the nice warm sun. Didn't hurt that the Giants won!
After the game, we had a couple hours to make it over to our Segway Tour. We stopped at a nearby McDonald's (review here) then caught a bus. Terrible bus experience, but what do you expect? It was rush hour in the SOMA district, just after a game let out. The bus was CRAMMED with people. We had to ride it all across town, essentially, which sucked, and took about 45 minutes. But once we got over to Columbus we were alright. We finished our McDonald's food in the company of a one-toed pigeon (which we nicknamed Stubs), then walked over to the City Segway Office.
Turns out we were the only ones signed up for that tour! So we got a private tour guide. We saw Fisherman's Wharf and views of Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset. Also, miraculously, no fog! Pretty cool!
As the sun had set, our tour took in some of the sights at night in the city as well.
After our Segway tour, we snagged some fries from In-N-Out (they were just okay), and went to grab the cable car at the turnaround, on our tour guide's advice. It ended up kind of sucking, because we had to wait a long time for it to leave, and the guy in charge wasn't communicating why we hadn't left even though there were TONS of people waiting to get on and the cable car was pretty much full. Made no sense. Finally, though, we left and headed back to the other side of the bay.
Tonight was the night we switched hotels, so we got in the car and headed over to Alameda and the Coral Reef Inn. Cute place!
More on our adventures at the beach and in San Francisco to come in the next post...
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