Beautiful morning at the Tarrytown Marina...
We were up at 6:30 a.m. anxious to get going actually.
Ken got the water out of the dinghy...I uploaded some pictures.
Marina does not open until 9:00 so we showered and then gassed up and turned in our key to get onto the docks..got some ice and we left at 9:05 a.m. kinda late start, but had to wait on marina people....what the heck are those power boaters doing up so early....thought they were late risers...anyhow they were rocking us all over the place...
NEW RULE:
everytime one of us goes below, we have to kill a fly before we can go back out...
10:30 AM - going thru Yonkers New York
11:15 AM - just went under the George Washington Bridge
11:55 AM - moored at the W. 79th St Basin. (the water current is 2.96 mph going past the boat) called Theresa & Pete to let them know we were at the 79th St Basin...on their way to come get us....some people on a boat and in a dinghy are filming something...we found out it is a movie "The Comedy" did not recognize anyone!
1:30 PM - They picked us up...at a rotunda area...no parking down by the marina...ugh! we had our dirty clothes and overnite bag...
2:30 PM- Back to Theresa and Peter's...we ate Greek lamb and chicken with lemon potatoes,ff,salad,pita bread...delicious,just delicious...
4:00 PM - left for the New Yankee Stadium...walked to a bus stop, then to the subway...Ken's first subway ride...got to the stadium by 5:30...went and stood in line to get tickets for this day's game...(hat day) we waited and waited...line not moving...staff guy said...they sold out all the seats for a while, will release more later...so then this other line across the way gets moving, so we go over to that line and finally get to the counter and the guy says...only tickets left are $225.00 each....eee gads...you have got to be kidding me....we walked out of there....a bit irritated...my sister called earlier and there were 1000 tickets left....well not when we got there....Pete was upset, we went all that way and no ticket,etc...well Theresa talked to another staffer and said they would be releasing some senior citizen $5 tickets in a while so we got in that line...don't you know this guy says to me....you are in the wrong line...this one is for seniors...I said -well I'm a senior...he said :no way-...how old are you...I said "64"...he said "damn you look good for 64" well, heck that made my day...I didn't care if we didn't even get in...hahaha..actually I did care. only problem with the $5 tickets you never knew where you would sit...could be on 4th level or wherever they had seats available...so we got to the counter...gave them $20 for 4 tickets...we got right at the 1st base line foul pole....we had really good seats...4th row....one homerun by Granderson hit 8 rows behind me...dang and I had my catchin hands ready too...the Yanks won 9 to 3 - against the LA Angels...great game, great time...had my hotdog and beer.
I had 3 sips of the beer and gave the rest to Ken....this really made our day....
There is something to say about the smells of a baseball game, from the popcorn to hotdogs,just everything..
Got home at midnight and my sister finished my laundry and I went to bed around 12:30 am.....yep, t i r e d!!!
On the subway ride home, this nice guy offered me his seat,so I sat down and we started a conversation going...come to find out he married a gal from Louisiana...been married 15 yrs and she is the love of his life...so neat....he gave me and my sister his bus.card ..he is the Consumer Affairs Coordinator for Colgate-Palmolive Company.....wants me to call him next time we are in town...nice young man..he and his friend were at the game also.
almost everyone on the subway that late at night was going home from the game....
It was just fun!
Theresa and Pete are so good to us! love my sister and brother-in-law
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