Nov. 12-16
From a MO that can't decide to be cold & blustery - or sunny!
We had a big day on Saturday. We picked John and Sandy up about 9:00 and then headed the drive south towards Pleasant Hill - our opponent for the quarter final game. We had loaded the back end of the truck with all kinds of cold gear as the high for the day was to be in the upper 30s - with little sun. We arrived at the football field about 15 minutes before the stands opened, kept warm in the truck, then when the gates opened paid our admission and took blankets into the stands. Actually we were not the first Chilli people into the stands as some had stood waiting for the gate to open.
We returned to the warmth of the truck until we could see several people beginning to take their seats and had realized the seating was quite cramped so we headed to the stands.
To give you some idea of warm clothing, I had long handles on beneath my jeans. Then the upper half had a silk underwear, followed by a heavy turtle neck, followed by a red lightweight topper, followed by a hooded sweatshirt, and finally a very heavy winter coat with a hood. To top all of this I had a very old sleeping bag that with some effort I finally managed to get settled into, zipped up to my underpits, and settled in for an afternoon of football.
The game was played with an overcast sky for most of the time and a cold wind (definitely not a breeze) for the northwest. The end result was a victory for Chillicothe over what was probably a surpised Pleasant Hill team. They were actually quite good.
We will play Cassville in the semi finals this coming Saturday. One of the interesting sidelights with this game is that one of my breakfast buddies has a daughter-in-law whose "baby" brother is a senior and starter on the Cassville team. The husband has already declared his allegiance towards Chilli. By the time the game starts, we should have arrived in Austin. The coach's wife will be calling us with updates on the game.
The next few days will be rather active for us as we begin to pull out items to take to Austin - with final packing on Thursday afternoon.
Be safe.
B.
We had a big day on Saturday. We picked John and Sandy up about 9:00 and then headed the drive south towards Pleasant Hill - our opponent for the quarter final game. We had loaded the back end of the truck with all kinds of cold gear as the high for the day was to be in the upper 30s - with little sun. We arrived at the football field about 15 minutes before the stands opened, kept warm in the truck, then when the gates opened paid our admission and took blankets into the stands. Actually we were not the first Chilli people into the stands as some had stood waiting for the gate to open.
We returned to the warmth of the truck until we could see several people beginning to take their seats and had realized the seating was quite cramped so we headed to the stands.
To give you some idea of warm clothing, I had long handles on beneath my jeans. Then the upper half had a silk underwear, followed by a heavy turtle neck, followed by a red lightweight topper, followed by a hooded sweatshirt, and finally a very heavy winter coat with a hood. To top all of this I had a very old sleeping bag that with some effort I finally managed to get settled into, zipped up to my underpits, and settled in for an afternoon of football.
The game was played with an overcast sky for most of the time and a cold wind (definitely not a breeze) for the northwest. The end result was a victory for Chillicothe over what was probably a surpised Pleasant Hill team. They were actually quite good.
We will play Cassville in the semi finals this coming Saturday. One of the interesting sidelights with this game is that one of my breakfast buddies has a daughter-in-law whose "baby" brother is a senior and starter on the Cassville team. The husband has already declared his allegiance towards Chilli. By the time the game starts, we should have arrived in Austin. The coach's wife will be calling us with updates on the game.
The next few days will be rather active for us as we begin to pull out items to take to Austin - with final packing on Thursday afternoon.
Be safe.
B.
posted by News from Chilli | 2:01 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home