So we are back in the saddle again. After a disastrous couple of games in Texas
with an even worse game at home sandwiched between the coach and I were about
ready to throw in the towel. But an ok
game against the lions followed by a reasonable game in Indianapolis and a win
back at home against the Vikings have rejuvenated our adventuring spirit and
given hope that perhaps our Bears will play well enough to be worth watching
again. So after a long bye week spent trying to find some magic at either Disney
World or Universal’s Harry Potter place we find ourselves in Tampa Florida
awaiting yet another of our road games.
Tampa will make the 20th stadium that we have
visited (21 if you include Soldier Field) and after next week at the Giants we
will have seen the Bears play 21 of the 31 opponents. Actually if you include seeing them in
London I will be able to claim seeing them play opponents in 23 stadiums.
We went out tonight in search of the Tampa signature dish,
which depending on who you talk to is either the Cuban sandwich, just about any
seafood dish, or smoked mullet. We
settled for just about every seafood dish.
Tomorrow I hope to get the smoked mullet. We went to a Peruvian seafood restaurant and
I think everyone had a good time. After
the meal we did our traditional pre-game trip to the stadium to get the lay of
the land.
For this trip we have along with the Coach, my brother and a
couple of nephews as well as some friends.
Tomorrow we will represent the true and loyal Bears fans and shout as
loudly as possible. Tomorrow we shall
have victory!!! Well to be honest I
would settle for a really good game.
A couple of side notes.
1. For those of you
who are Harry Potter fans and have not had the opportunity to visit Universal’s
Diagon Alley you are missing a fantastic experience. I was far less enchanted with Hogsmead at
Island of Adventure, but Diagon Alley is an experience not to be missed.
2. Epcot holds an annual International Food and Wine
festival. If you love long lines, fairly
pretentious people and long lines, I strongly recommend you attend. If on the other hand these do not have the
appeal to you that apparently they did to the people attending the festival,
stay away!!
3. If you ever get the chance to camp next door to a Lion
Safari park I strongly recommend you take it.
There is something surreal about sitting at your camp and listening to a
Lion roar. It was quite the experience
and I am glad the Coach and I were able to do so while on our sojourn to Tampa.
Not to turn this to politics - never gonna happen, but I did happen to see an incredibly funny post today.
BREAKING NEWS:
Chicago Cubs are being forced to give up their World Series Title.
Cleveland Indians fans have rioted across the country in
protest of the 2016 World Series.
Despite knowing the rules of the game prior to playing, they were
unhappy they lost and demanded the outcome to be changed. They could be heard chanting #NotOurWorldSeriesChampion all across
America.
Even though the Cubs won 4 games and the Indians only won
3, since both teams scored 27 total runs
throughout all 7 games, they are being declared co-world champions.
When questioned, Commissioner Manfred stated, “We
felt as though it was the right thing to do for the nation. What kind of example would Major League
Baseball be setting if we expected the adults who play this game, and their
fans, to Gracefully accept defeat?
Instead of creating a bigger divide between the Cubs and the Indians,
MLB is confident that the Cubs will gladly share their victory with the Indians”.
I hope you got as big a laugh out of that as I did.
Tomorrow is game. The
Bears are favored by most of the analysts so we have to cross our fingers and
hope they have not been given the kiss of death. Most of the team is back healthy(ish) and
with luck we will see some calculated and precise passing from Jay and some
outstanding defense. I will report in
tomorrow night with our impressions of the stadium and any interesting tidbits
that turn up.
In the meantime – GO BEARS!!
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