Thursday, November 6, 2014

How to attend a football game

The four of us had the opportunity to attend the Boston College vs. Virginia Tech game in Blacksburg, VA.  For those of you who may not know, my wonderful husband is a Virgina Tech Hokie Alumnus.  He has been wanting to take the boys to a game for a long time.  Finally all the pieces and the timing worked out for this weekend.

The only thing that didn't cooperate was the weather forecast.  Thursday before the Saturday game they were calling for  90% chance of rain at game time.  A quarter inch of rain in the afternoon.  The game started at 12:30.

Not to be detered, we packed snowpants, sweatshirts, long johns, thick socks, boots and swim wear (our hotel had an indoor pool).  We each planned an extra outfit to have with us in the car for immediately after the game so we had dry clothes to change into.  We packed blankets and ponchos in backpacks to carry into the game.  Gloves were tucked into pockets and we were set.

We loaded the car and set off Friday to points south.  It was a nice day for a drive and the trip went well.  Thanks to the patience of my wonderful husband, we even made a couple geocaching finds along the way.    After a lunch stop, a dinner stop, and a couple of other necessary stops, we arrived at our hotel.  Upon check in and finding our room, we quickly changed into swimwear and headed to the pool (and hottub!) AHHHH

The next morning we were up and about bright and early to find snow falling and collecting on the ground outside our window.  An extra layer was added to our game bags and we hit the road for the campus.  As we drive the snow turned into a light rain and that eventually subsided.  We drove around my hubby's old stomping grounds and walked around the memorial.  It is a beautiful campus! After logging another couple of geocaches, we hit the student union for a lunch of really good burgers and fries.

We went back to the car, layered on our clothing and snowpants, then headed to the stadium for the game.  We had great seats.  We could see the band. We could see the players on the field close enough to even see the ball being passed from player to player.

The rain onlly amounted  to a drizzle for part of the time.  We stayed warm by cheering and rooting for the Hokies.  The cheerleaders were right in front of us, so we helped them as much as we could.
The boys even attracted the attention of the camera man and he put them on the jumbotron (the scoreboard) twice!

It was a great day, even though our team didn't finish with the most points. As we walked back to the car, after shopping a little at the campus bookstore, the littlest M asked if we could go straight to the hottub when we got back to the hotel.  I told him we could, right after dinner.

And so we did.

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