Fair

We had an very American Sunday evening last night. A friend invited us to go to a Salem Avalanche game. The Avs lost to the Nats 5-3, but it was one of the most action packed games I've seen in a while. The game featured a huge collision on a play at the plate which resulted in the catcher hobbling off the field (the runner was safe), at least two batters getting beaned in the noggin, a bunch of errors and a home run. Who says baseball is boring? Plus, we got to sit in one of the luxury boxes up on the mezzanine and the kids got to run the bases after the game was over.

Oh, but there was much more. The Salem Fair happened to be going on right across the street at the same time. We saw the Bearded Lady, the Incredible Tatooed Man and the Creature That Ate Sheboygan and that was just the crowd. All of the kids got to go on a ride ($5 per ride?) and they had a blast. Quite entertaining.