On the January 31, I went to the Mariners FanFest at Safeco Field. The FanFest includes activities on and off the field. The largest activity, and my favorite by far, is the large zip-line in right field. They strap you into a harness and send you down all the way into center field. I felt like I was really good at it because I didn’t stumble when I landed!
They also had inflatable slides and a hitting practice where the ball you were swinging at was elevated by a stream of air.
They also had face painting and balloon animals, neither of which I did. I did get signed up for the Kids’ Club, however, and got a backpack and a Wiffle ball. FanFest was fun and I look forward to going next year!And that's the end of Annabelle's review. I guess holding a 'boomstick' by a larger than life Nelson Cruz wasn't as memorable for her.
They met a virtual reality Mariners Moose ...
and listened to Mariners' broadcaster Rick Rizzs interview some Mariners' players.
We stopped at the memorial for Dave "Hendu" Henderson, a Mariners favorite who died just a few weeks ago.
And a FanFest first for us was getting to see the control room, where the rolling roof is retracted and extended, and fireworks are set off.
KHAN-VENTION: We had a Trek-fest type of weekend. More specifically, it was all about one specific episode dating back to the original Star Trek series. I'll let CJ tell you a bit more ...
On January 30th, a group called Outdoor Trek, themed around performing versions of "Star Trek: The Original Series" episodes outside* performed at the Seattle Public Library's Central Building. For their act at the library, they were showcasing different scenes from "Space Seed," an episode in which the crew of the Enterprise discovers a ship called the Botany Bay and brings its cryogenically frozen passengers aboard the ship, with less-than-desirable results. Outdoor Trek had three very different actors play Khan, a ruthless superhuman frozen on the Botany Bay ship.
When we got home, we were able to watch the actual episode "Space Seed" by purchasing it from CBS' YouTube channel. In "Space Seed," the crew of the Enterprise finds an abandoned spaceship called the Botany Bay, launched in the 1990s, and picks it up for investigation. Upon further examination, they realize that the inhabitants of the Botany Bay are still alive, but frozen in cryogenic storage. The crew of the Enterprise wakes up Botany Bay's crew, with disastrous results, as Khan and his followers are warriors with nasty intentions.
The next day, we saw "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," a movie set after Space Seed. The film starts with a training exercise called the "Kobayashi Maru": An unwinnable simulated test where you have to decide whether to save a ship (but violate space treaty in the process), or abandon it, which will destroy the ship and kill everybody aboard except you. In the movie, agents from the Enterprise discover the shipwreck of the Botany Bay on a harsh, desert planet, and are hunted down by Khan and his followers. We also learn of a project called "Genesis," which will recreate the process of Earth's environment forming.It can be said that Khan is a well-known and very important villain in science fiction history,
because he was very powerful, and the audience of "Space Seed" and "Wrath of Khan" was genuinely afraid of who was going to win. However, Khan's thirst for power and insistence on
killing his enemies ultimately led to his downfall.
*This time, it wasn't outdoors.
ORION ON THE MOVE: One of our favorite airplanes on Earth had a big job this morning.
Fan Fest and a "Trek Fest" - now that's how to spend a weekend!
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