This past weekend, we went to the University of Wyoming's Homecoming weekend.
We
flew to Denver, where a friend of mine who is dating Rasila's sister,
picked us up. We packed up his motorhome and when Rasila's sister
got home, we drove up to Laramie, WY
while my buddy and Rasila's sister rode a motorcycle up that Jeff was
selling to another UW alumnus. We arrived about 6:30 PM, met up
with my brother and his girlfriend and all went to dinner at Sweet Melissa's.
They were re-enacting an 1860's revolt of the townspeople against the
mayor, the sheriff, and a judge where they shot them all and hung
theeir dead bodies from the front of the building. It added some
"spark" to the meal, which was outstanding, by the way. We spent
some time at the Buckhorn and Cowboy, where they were preparing for a
live band out on the street for Saturday night.
Saturday
morning, Rasila and I got up and went the the espresso shop next door
to the Travelodge that we were staying at and then waited for others to
awaken to walk the 2 blocks to watch the Homecoming parade. The
parade was amusing as always; I wish I'd take pictures of the dog in a
grass skirt and the shark pulled behind a float on a little red wagon,
but I didn't. It turns out my uncle was driving the Governor in
the parade, but I didn't notice (Mom told me later).
After the
parade, Rasila and I volunteered to go to the Student Union to buy game
tickets while all were arising. When we got back, we gathered
everyone and headed to the game via The Library. The day was beautiful and the game was a good game, but we came out on the losing side, 27-24.
We
went to a BBQ at one of my buddy's friend's house after the game.
It was good food and good fun and we then walked back to the hotel to
"drop off some stuff." I made the mistake of tuning in the
Angels-White Sox game and seeing the Sox go from up 6-2 to up
8-2. We then tuned into football highlights and all fell
asleep. Didn't make it out at all.
Trip back was only
eventful in that we went from spectacular weather in the rockies to
rain in the SoCal. At least we dont't have to worry about
watering the garden!
Monday, October 17, 2005
A wedding and the "Just Us" Tournament
On the weekend of the 8th and 9th, we went to a wedding of one of
Rasila's Boston College friends, who also happened to move to LA after
graduation. It was held in Pasadena, CA on the Cal Tech campus at The Athenauem.
It was a great location and a lot of fun. Only 4 or 5 of Rasila's
friends in LA were common friends, but we enjoyed seeing them and did a
lot of dancing!
On Sunday, we got up and drove down to Mission Beach in San Diego for the semi-annual "Just Us" tournament that a friend of mine organizes. It is generally the group of people I used to play with every Sunday when we were all younger and childless. The format always changes and this time we were separated into 3 groups: The Women, The Hammers, and The Hackers. I guess I did too well last fall and they put me in The Hammers. I have not played since then, and even though I have lost 15 pounds or so in the last 6 months, playing 5 games of 2 on 2, sideout scoring beach volleyball was not easy. I was the common loser in all games, causing the other 3 Hammers to all be 2-1 and I was 0-3. I played another game co-ed and salvaged a victory, but lost a last game I played. I was sore until Tuesday :-D
On Sunday, we got up and drove down to Mission Beach in San Diego for the semi-annual "Just Us" tournament that a friend of mine organizes. It is generally the group of people I used to play with every Sunday when we were all younger and childless. The format always changes and this time we were separated into 3 groups: The Women, The Hammers, and The Hackers. I guess I did too well last fall and they put me in The Hammers. I have not played since then, and even though I have lost 15 pounds or so in the last 6 months, playing 5 games of 2 on 2, sideout scoring beach volleyball was not easy. I was the common loser in all games, causing the other 3 Hammers to all be 2-1 and I was 0-3. I played another game co-ed and salvaged a victory, but lost a last game I played. I was sore until Tuesday :-D
Monday, October 3, 2005
Catching up
I've added some pictures that Roger sent me from the trip to Whitney and Mammoth.
We spent the middle weekend of this month driving to Laguna Beach (only 10 miles) to attend "Bad Dates" at the Laguna Playhouse on Friday. On Saturday, we drove up to Los Angeles to visit some of Rasila's friends and go out to dinner at 26 Beach in Venice and then hit a dive blues bar for some live music. Sunday was our last Broadway show at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, "Little Women."
On the weekend of the 24th, we went to San Diego again to see San Diego State play San Jose State in a football game that was followed by the KGB Sky Show XXX. SDSU won 52-10, which was better than expected, but only making the Aztecs 1-3 with losses to Ohio State and Air Force Academy in the 2 previous weeks.
However, it was actually a preview as we went to San Diego this last Saturday and watch SDSU beat BYU 31-10.
We spent the middle weekend of this month driving to Laguna Beach (only 10 miles) to attend "Bad Dates" at the Laguna Playhouse on Friday. On Saturday, we drove up to Los Angeles to visit some of Rasila's friends and go out to dinner at 26 Beach in Venice and then hit a dive blues bar for some live music. Sunday was our last Broadway show at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, "Little Women."
On the weekend of the 24th, we went to San Diego again to see San Diego State play San Jose State in a football game that was followed by the KGB Sky Show XXX. SDSU won 52-10, which was better than expected, but only making the Aztecs 1-3 with losses to Ohio State and Air Force Academy in the 2 previous weeks.
However, it was actually a preview as we went to San Diego this last Saturday and watch SDSU beat BYU 31-10.
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