Our last spring training game, we opted to see another park rather than drive back to Jupiter to see the Cardinals. Conveniently, the Mets were playing the Nationals only about 45 minutes from where we were staying in Harmony. So we got a new park! Also, though this is the Nationals training facility, during 
the regular season it will be the park where the Brewers' Florida State League team will play - so a Mets game for Karen, Steven and Anya and a home-town connection for us! It's a beautiful park and we had great seats behind home plate in the sun! We didn't want to return North without a little color! 
Because of it's location Space Coast Field has a lot of Cape Canaveral tie-ins including foul poles that commemorate the lost space shuttles Columbia and Challenger. Unfortunately, the Mets lost - 8-3, but as we said earlier, the top 15 Mets are not with the team as they are spread among their home countries teams in the World Baseball Classic. After the game, we went to The Melting Pot for a dinner of bread & vegetables soaked in Melted Cheese and fruit & Cake dipped in melted chocolate. Good friends, Baseball & Sun, tasty food - the end of a perfect vacation!We had one non-baseball day, Monday we were forced to amuse ourselves around Harmony before our flight home. It was torture to walk to the pool for a swim and then sit in the sun and play cards. Torture!
Back home in the rain and fog, it's still 27 days to opening day. *sigh*
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