Rain? HA, we laugh at rain!

Chuck got us tickets to the Tacoma Rainiers vs. the Sacramento River Cats game last night. The firefighters union had a party deck reserved, and we thought it'd be a fun thing to do.
As we approached the turn to the parking lot we realized all those cars that were backed up to the last on ramp were in line for that turn. So we made our way to the next option, and that lot was full. We had to park at a nearby high school and walk.
You must understand something about our Pacific Northwest climate. It's gray. Almost all the time.
So the day had been gray, but not wet. By this time it was starting to drizzle, and we weren't sure what the party deck was like. They recently finished renovations at Cheney Stadium. You can read about it and see photos here.
We got to the gate and made our way to the party deck area and were told our party deck was at the top. Yeah, none of those party decks are covered. And it was starting to sort of rain and the wind was picking up.
The umbrellas that are clearly not effective for keeping the rain off of anyone sitting at the tables made it worse.
Not whining or complaining, just sayin'.

These umbrellas were just big enough to almost protect the table, but anyone sitting or standing at the table had a constant drip on their head or back. 

On the way to the gate.

Military aircraft doing a fly over to say good luck to the Rainiers.

Play Ball! We're not made of sugar.

We're pretty tough and used to being damp and cold, but after a while it was just too much for us. I looked around and even the kids were hunched over trying to stay dry. It was too distracting trying to keep our food from getting soggy and our hands from freezing to pay attention to the game very much.
We stayed until we couldn't stand it anymore, then made our way back to the car.
Rainiers lost 6-5. But I don't call it a total fail. We had a nice walk, saw some people I hadn't seen in a while, and Chuck and Sean got to eat ballpark food.