Today we took a short little drive from our Baltimore hotel to Washington DC for a Nationals game against the San Diego Padres. We departed early for the night game so we would have time to see several things in DC. We started out going to the Capitol building and the Library of Congress. It was really interesting to see all of the history and art pieces at the Library of Congress. The only bad part was that you were not allowed to take pictures of anything inside. This is how it was most places we went to, unfortunately. After we were done we went to meet Dr. Bob for lunch at the American Indian museum. There were so many eclectic choices, but it was really expensive to eat there. After lunch we split up to go see different museums and exhibits. I convinced my group to view the African American Art Museum. I was really interested in going because I took an African Art history class at the University of Iowa. It was really exciting to see some of the work up close and have some idea of what I was looking at and the tribe it came from. My group then walked to the Washington monument which was really neat to see, I was shocked by its grand size as I came closer to it. I was a little disappointed when we got there though. The reflecting pool was being re-done or getting fixed and was drained. I would see the Lincoln memorial but the walk there looked so painful that I didn't want to put my feet through any more than I had to. We then walked to the Smithsonian museums. My favorite part was the Natural History part which had all sorts of animals to look at. After that it was time to meet up with Dr. Bob again at the van to go into the game.
Even though the score might not show it, this might be one of the most exciting games I have seen thus far. The game went scoreless for five innings until Nationals second baseman, Espinosa jacked one over the fence. This must have been a game of homeruns because in the bottom of the ninth inning the game was tied at 1-1 when Padres short stop, Bartlett, cranked one. While everyone thought this was going to be another extra inning game like we just saw we still had the bottom of the ninth inning for the Nationals. Michael Morse, the Nationals first baseman was up to bat. With a crack of the bat, the first pitch to Morse received was gone. I had just witnessed a walk-off homerun I stood up in excitement as the Nats ran out to greet Morse rounding third base. It was amazing to see a team get so excited. After a face full of shaving cream for Morse the game was over 2-1.
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