Take me out to the ball game

As the last post-motss-con event, 12 of us went to AT&T Park to see the Giants Cubs game. You get a great view of the bay past the outfield. A group of kids sang the national anthem and a bunch more were in the outfield before the game along with the seal (I thought at first it might be a Panda) mascot. Our seats were way up in the nosebleed section behind 3rd base; it's fun seeing high pop flies from above. I was wearing my 1914 Cubs hat that I got at Cooperstown a few years ago.

The game was fast and close with the Giants ahead 1-0 until the top of the 9th when the Cubs scored 5 runs and won the game.



( The entire back of the field )

This boat was seen rowing in and out several times. We could see no kayaks looking for home run balls, and perhaps there were none.

Segway tour at Pacifica

On Monday some of the remaining motss.con attendees went on a Segway tour at Pacifica

. After initial training (some of us had done it before last year at the MPLS con) we set off, first on flat ground --


and then up and down some hills where we had nice views of the surfers among other things. I discovered I could Segway with one hand and the other holding the camera.


This is a bit more what it is really like with a few bumps.


( emu and railroad station )