Quarter-Final Football - Lynden/W.F.West

11-26-11 - The Lynden Lions Football Team had a great league season and ended up with a record of 10-0. They have been in playoffs for the last two weeks. They have rolled over two opponents and are now 12-0.

Their game today is at the Tacoma Dome, so no rain or wind to content with so should be good. They are scheduled to start at 10 AM so hope all the team are morning people and can do well. They will be playing WF West High School, Chelalis, WA team that has only lost two games and are 10-2.

Well, one quarter in the book and Lynden is not playing well with 4 penalties and can't do anything right. WF West has the ball to start the second quarter on the Lynden 19 yd line. So they have to really suck it up and hold them from scoring.

We prevailed and won the game. It wasn't pretty but our defense held and we won the game with a final score of 17-7. We just made so many mistakes and our defense won the game for the Green & Gold. But then halving to play 10 o'clock in the morning isn't the best for either team.
"GO LIONS AND WE ARE ON TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME NEXT SATURDAY"

Thanksgiving Day!

11-24-11 - Wow! What a great Thanksgiving here in the Valley of the Sun. Didn't have any sun but was about in the middle 60's. We had a room full of people that were all hungry for turkey. Did the park provide or what, as the turkey, potatoes, dressing & gravy was excellent. We had a total of 56 tables with 8 people on each table. No one came away hungry and had a great time for talk, etc.

Then this afternoon we got in four pickleball matches. Ione played with her partner she is going to play with in the Classic, starting Jan 23rd and I played with his wife. The games were all close and ended up each winning two games.

So now it is time to make some phone calls to family back at home. They had a great day to meet at Pam & Brett's for Thanksgiving. So hopefully everyone had a lot of great food and played games, etc.

Two More Days until Thanksgiving!

11-22-11 - Well, we are still enjoying some pretty good weather here in the Valley of the Sun. The temps have been in the mid 70's.

We are looking forward to eating a great Turkey dinner with about 400 other Happy Trails residents. There will be about 50 tables in our ballroom, with 8 people seated at each table. The park where we live furnishes, turkey, mashed potatoes, dressing, gravy & cranberry sauce. Then the 4 couples at each table add in, sweet potatoes, salad, dessert & rolls. So we are getting excited and ready for our Thanksgiving dinner with friends.

Still playing pickleball and did do a tournament last Saturday but didn't do that well with my partners. Oh Well, don't want to win all the Gold Medals.

Birthday for Ron!!

11-11-11 - Well, we have been at Happy trails for just about two weeks. Just had my birthday yesterday. It was low key and just went to out dinner with a couple of friends of ours. It was a fun evening and a fun time. The weather has been on the cool side for the last week or so. We aren't complaining too much but would like some warmer weather. I think we are about a week away of warmer weather so will just have to wait.

Have been playing lots of pickleball and doing pretty well. So will just keep pickleball on our list. It's been fun playing with friends. We have been keeping busy getting our lot in shape.

We have been listening to a 2A State playoff in Lacy, WA with Lynden against North Thurston and it has been a good game. We are now down 26-23 and just starting the 4th Quarter. We have to just keep moving the ball to take the lead. Looks like it will go down to the wire. final report coming later.

We made it!!

11-02-11 - We arrived at Happy Trails about 5:30 Oct 30th. We did a good final leg down after spending the night at St. George, UT with the Dueck's - Rod & Barb. They fixed us a nice dinner and a soft bed to sleep in the 29th. Then the morning of the 30th played about 5 games of pickleball before heading down the road to Happy Trails.

The weather was excellent for our trip down from WA. with not a drop of rain the whole way. So can't ask for anything better then that. We had washed the motor home before leaving home and the only thing we had to clean when we arrived was bugs of the frontend and windshield. So all and all an excellent trip down.

The weather has been really nice the last three days since getting here. But change is on the way as we had a strong wind today which is going to bring us cooler weather starting on Friday. Will have to keep things buttoned down in the yard so wind doesn't blow things away.