Day 3 - There is Comedy in Here Somewhere

Man, what a day. Not the kind you basically would plan. The morning/early afternoon was a downtime that we expected. One thing I did was take Alec out to a skatepark in nearby Carollton. We spent some time there and he enjoyed it. He said it was better than any of the parks back home. I will take his word for it since I won't even get on one of them.

We left for the game at 3pm and here is where the fun started. We drove out to the train station and took that in to the park. We got there early so we decided to walk around a bit. We visited Underground Atlanta and I noticed things changed a bit. Gone are the bums outside. Also gone were the street entertainers that I really enjoyed. I especially missed the guy who did some great card tricks the last couple times I was there. We did have dinner at an Irish establishment and that, my friends, is where the rain started. It never got super hard but stayed consistent. We hoped that the game would still go on - so did the numerous Cubs fans that were around (and we were numerous!). We walked to the field with umbrellas in hand. It wasn't looking good. Our seats were under the upper deck and that was a bonus at the time but you could tell (and the radar confirmed) that the rain wasn't going to end soon. Sure enough, at 7pm/gametime, they made the announcement. What a crappy feeling. You could see it from many of the other people too. Rainouts just plain stink. The game is rescheduled for tomorrow at 1pm (there is a second game at 7pm). Our tickets are good for the 1pm game. We will go but our plans have to be altered a bit. We were hoping to get to Gatlinburg and get a hike in during the day. What will happen now is we go to the game, leave when it is over (maybe 3:30 - 4; just in time for Atlanta rush hour) and head straight for Gatlinburg where we will check in. Thursday will be our only hike day - we will see from there.

Taking the train home we ended up on the wrong one and at a different place. We had to buy a ticket again to get back on (I got a few $1 coins in change - I didn't know those were still around). We then took the rainy ride back to Gary's house. Alec and I decided, as a consolation, to go see a movie. So we headed to Carollton (right near where the skate park was) to see the Dark Knight again ($17 - ouch!). On my way to the movie I did notice I was low on gas. However, after being in the town earlier that day I knew there were several gas stations nearby so it would be no problem to fill up after the movie (we were running late). Well, things are different down here in the country because ALL the gas stations were closed! So I had to make a run for it back to the house which was near the interstate (and open gas stations). So I was driving for about 12 miles down a winding, dark country road in a rainstorm, low on gas, with cell phone service barely operable. I called my sister in-law, Deena (who was up) to let her know the situation: if she didn't hear back from us by 1am, to get a gas can and look for us. Yeah, that is what it came down to! Fortunately, we made it and here I am typing before I turn in. It would have been bitterly funny if we ran out of gas near a mansion with a light on with it raining and did "The Time Warp"....

What am I saying? Good night.