Our first Baseball experience

Yesterday (9/10/11) we went to the Safeco field to watch our first Baseball game. Sandip got the tickets from his collegue Scott and we were looking forward to this for the whole week.
It was a game between Seattle Mariners and Kansas Royals. Me and Sandip are not familiar with the rules of the game and we tried finding out as much as we could from Rishi.

It was Latin American day at Safeco field and before the start of the match and during the mid break, Latin dancers entertained the crowd.

By the second innings, we were very much into the game and joined the fan squad cheering the home team. The only downer was that the Mariners lost to the Royals 2-4. I am already looking forward to the next time we get to go.

Caught a fish and let it go...

8/27/11
What a memorable experience!! We went to Tapovan for the day and before returning back, I wanted to try fishing. Swami M accompanied me for some time and later he wanted me to enjoy the experience alone with some peace and quite. Well, 'alone' is a relative term as Rishi and Sandip were close by. So, was our retreat 'Buddy - the dog' :)
I was just about to give up when I felt the tell tale tug on the line. I started yelling (bad idea) and pulled the pole up and there it was!! A mid size fish caught in the bait.
Rishi, Sandip and Buddy all came close, all excited and Sandip missed the photo oppurtunity. I think after me, Buddy was the most excited one and he wanted to get a closer look and probably bite on the fish. So, I took it in my hands (what an experience!!!), and let it go in the water. I will never forget that moment in my life.
This is my third year fishing and I could never pull up the fish to the shore before. 1 more unique experience I longed for ticked off the list.

Last road trip of the summer of 2011....

Embarked on yet another road trip on the Labor Day weekend. This time to the Crater Lakes in Oregon and Keshav joined us on this trip.
Started early on the morning on 9/3. Fun and games on the way, lots of junk food and then we arrived at the Silver Falls. This state park in Oregon is known for the 10 falls and the trails. We went upto two of the 10 falls, and enjoyed the cool mist of the falls in a very hot day.

After Silver Lakes, dragged our tired selves to the hotel at Klamath Falls (only name has falls in it, no falls there), and called it a night.

Another early morning start from the hotel on 9/4/11 towards Crater Lake. We really hoped to catch the boat ride, but unfortunately the tickets were all sold out. The view of the lake was spectacular. It was a HOT day but we braved the heat and hiked down to the lake. Had lots of fun by the lake - we saw several people jump to the lake to cool off and swim.

Rishi made new friends on this trip :)

Inspite of so much beauty all around, the hike back up was brutal. It is a one mile very steep trail. It is said that this trail is equivalent to a 75 storey building. The hot weather made it worse. After reaching the top, we didnt have any energy left for more sight seeing. Had a big lunch at a park restaurant and came back to the hotel.
Early next day, we started the trip back home.