Day 13- Philadelphia

The last day of our trip :-( If you don't count our travel home day tomorrow, that is.

After breakfast Rodney and I went wandering around the city again. We checked out the subway for future reference then walked over to Logan Square, where the museum district is. There is a beautiful park with a gorgeous fountain, surrounded by several museums, all looking interesting and inviting. Nearby is the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, a tree lined wide avenue with a large park. We did not have time to explore there, I guess we'll have to come back here someday!!

We took the almost deserted subway over to Citizens Bank field. The city has placed the ballpark in an area with the football and basketball stadiums and several huge parking lots. After some places where the ballparks are right in the middle of the city it seemed strange. Evidently there was lots of controversy when the ballpark was built and this locale won out. The park is nicely designed with lots of neat features, and great seating. Brian and Rodney, along with all the other men who entered, were given Phillies caps for Father's day gifts. Lucky them!! Our seats were in the fourth row down along the third base side in the outfield area. We had a great view of the action. It was a very hot and very sunny day until about the 6th inning when some clouds rolled in. They were most welcome indeed!! We had some unique Philadelphia foods- the Schmitter, a sandwich of hot sliced beef, cheese, salami, cheese again, tomato slices, and a special sauce on a grilled kaiser roll- very yum; and Philadelphia water ice, which seems to be Italian ice. It sure tasted good on this hot day.

After the national anthem, two very large military helicopters flew over the field. I didn't quite catch the explanation for their presence. They were very neat. The game was exciting, lots of hits, 4 home runs. The Phillies won, 7-5. The subway going back was mobbed with happy fans.

We had dinner at an Italian restaurant, Maggiano's, about 3 blocks from our place. It was one of those noisy, crowded, friendly places. Great food. We reminisced about the trip, trying to remember details. We will need to consult our own blog to get things right!!

Tomorrow we'll be heading home after breakfast. I guess we'll put in one last post after we get home, maybe a photo from a service area!! How exciting.