We took public transportation to the Mariners game on Friday, as we normally do. It's normally convenient enough to take a bus to the game and it isn't worth paying to park or take a cab.

We caught the bus a block from our apartment, got off downtown and went into the transit tunnel where we caught light rail without having to wait at all. Once we got off the train, we had to walk a few blocks to the stadium, but that gave us a chance to buy some cracker jacks and water for pretty cheap from a street vendor.

However, getting home after the game has always been a bit of an issue. Due to gameday traffic, bus routes around the stadium are rerouted, as we discovered one time after the game. There used to be a special bus that ran from Safeco Field to the retail core downtown, and it was easy to get home from there. However, that bus doesn't run anymore. In the past we've also just avoided the hassle of the buses and walked home since it isn't really that far, but that's an option I like more than Lesley does, and since her foot has been hurting, that wasn't an option Friday night.

We had planned to take the same way home that we had taken to the stadium. After the game, we had to wait several minutes before light rail arrived, but we were covered from the light rain, so it wasn't too bad. We took light rail into the tunnel and got off to transfer to one of three bus routes that would take us home.

Since it was late at night, buses weren't running very frequently anymore, so we had to wait a while before the next bus came. For some reason though, it was very full of people, maybe people from the game, though I'm not sure where they got on the bus. It was so full that it didn't even stop to let us on, unfortunately. That's happened to me a few times here, not very often, but it's always very frustrating when that happens. So, we had to wait another 10 minutes for the next bus to show up. That bus got pretty crowded after we got on, but it did take us home.

I'm not sure what we'll do after next Mariners game. I suppose taking a cab wouldn't be too expensive, but it shouldn't be so hard to get home from somewhere just 3 miles away. Unfortunately, the level of public transportation service here leaves something to be desired.