Weekend in Oakland

Before school started, our family took a little vacation away from the coast & headed to Oakland for the weekend.  Greg and I attended at temple session at the Oakland Temple (it's the closest).  The next day we took in an Oakland A's game.  What an adventure.  First off, Oakland is a little run down as far as we could see but the stadium is the jewel of the town.  We bought tickets from a scalper making sure the tickets were for that game, day & time.  (You never can be too sure!)  We had been given some good advice before we left - wear black or green no matter what (team colors), have ushers escort you to your seats - just because you have tickets for seats doesn't mean that someone else won't sit in them, and stick together!  We had a great time, the home team won which made EVERYONE happy and getting out of town wasn't too bad. :)