Baseball and Rain

Last Spring, I don’t know where I was exactly but I was driving home from somewhere and my dad turned and looked at me and said,” This Summer we are going to fly out to Cincinnati for a couple days.”  I asked why and he replied, “To see the MLB All Star Game and Home Run Derby. Bob (one of my dad friends as well as the Chief Operating Officer of the Reds) got us tickets.” I replied with nice. Fast forward to  July 12th two days before the game. We had just returned home from a week camping in Maine with my whole extended family. We had a 5:05 PM flight to Cincinnati so we landed around 7-7:30 I think. We went to our hotel after we had dinner and did not much for that night. The next day was when things actually started to happen. We woke up and after breakfast we went to meet Bob and his friends at a lunch place. I don’t really remember what we did for most of the day, but I am pretty sure we walked around the city after lunch and drove to the stadium to drop off one of Bob’s friends who worked for the Reds. Then we walked or drove around the city until about an hour or so. Then we went to the executive offices of the Reds. We got our tickets  and were given hats and ties. Then we went to the VIP party until the Derby was almost starting. We went to our seats which were almost right behind home plate 8 rows up and watched the derby and afterword watched a performance from a musician known as DJ Earworm. There were fireworks and laser lights. Then we went to Bob and his friends hotel. Then it started pouring out so me and my dad ran to our car which was parked like 7 blocks away and drove to our hotel and went to bed. We needed to meet Bob and Phil(the owner of the Reds son) at 9 to ride the zipline through downtown Cincinnati to the stadium. (I have pictures of this but not on my computer) Then we went to watch a parade.We then decided to go to the pregame party which was on the other side of the stadium so over an hour before the stadium opened to the public we walked into the stadium from the executive offices and started heading to the pregame party. We stopped to check out the Owners suite which looked amazing. While we were there it started thundering and pouring so we waited until the rain stopped(it was like twenty minutes) and headed over to the party. There was a live band, and places with great food. Then we headed to the VIP tent until we went in. We watched the game and afterward went to the Diamond Club area. Then me and my dad left and the next day we flew home. This was important to me because it was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I got to spend a lot of time with my dad who is normally on work trips so I only see him a couple days a week. When he is home, I have a little brother who takes up a lot of his time. In Cincinnati I got to spend the days just with him.