Bark In The Park

Tonight was the annual Bark in the Park at the local Minor League Ballpark. It was sponsored by Lara's employer, Metzger animal hospital. People are encouraged to bring their dogs to the park and watch the State College Spikes play. Many pet related business's have booths and Cooper got lots of free treats including ice cream. Since Metzger's is the main sponser we got free tickets and got to go to VIP box seats. The best thing about the box seats wasn't the view of the game but all the free food! They had wings, burgers, pork BBQ and bunches of appetizers, desserts, and drinks.

Here's Lara and Cooper enjoying the "cheap" seats before we head up to the box seats at the start of the game.

Lara and her friend Meg posing.

Some of the Metzger crew watching the game.

Mike and his Pug.
We could have taken Luna but she isn't much of a fan of sitting in one place for more than a few seconds. Don't feel too bad for her though. I took her on a 4 mile run at Fisherman's Paradise before we went and she got to swim and chase ground hogs to her heart's content.

Surprisingly enough the Spikes even won the game (they always have a losing record). We had a great time and look forward to going again next year with baby. In baby news, Lara is a little over 20 weeks along (halfway). We have our next ultrasound Tuesday and would be able to tell the sex of the baby but have decided to wait until birth. Lara is definitely starting to show and makes quite the adorable pregnant woman. I am told the baby should be around seven inches long and Lara has started feeling him/her move. One of the first definite baby movements was at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival we went to last Thursday. We can't wait for the ultrasound.

Off topic but since I mentioned it above....The film festival was really good. Some of the films were documentaries and some were short fiction movies. Topics dealt with kayaking, road development, dam construction, mining and hiking the backcountry. The most interesting snippet of information was that the furthest point from any road in the lower 48 states is found within Yellowstone National Park. I was surprised to hear 20 miles is the furthest you can get from a road in the lower 48 (and actually it was quite close to a marked trail).