Day 26: Leisure
Today was a nice relaxing day for us to take care of a few odds and ends, along with enjoy a brief period of rest before we head out West on the trip. After waking up, we watched a little bit of the matches from Wimbledon. Agassi played his last match at the "Big W" today, going down to Rafael Nadal in straight sets. What a career the man has had, and I'm sure he'll get quite the send-off during the U.S. Summer Hard Court season.
Then, Mr. Pauluhn helped us wash Ben's car, by helping us I mean he did most of the grunt work, while we helped out with some of the finishing touches. The juices from highway insects were pretty thick, but after an hour and a half the car was looking good as new.
Then, we got back inside just in time to see the penalty kicks in the World Cup game between England and Portugal. That was unbelievable, with Portugal winning 3-1. The pressure that is under each of those players is like nothing I can imagine. Literally, everyone in their nation is watching and expecting them to come through. The Brits were truly crushed, as they had thought this was their year to shine in the world's biggest sporting event.
Afterwards, we headed over to Ben's grandparents house to play some tennis. Ben and I hit for a little over an hour, and he took a set off of me by a score of 6-4. So, he is now 2-1 in sets against me on the trip. We cooled off by jumping in the pool. The previously mentioned successful St. Louis businessman (see Day 2), Kevin Lackey, also came over for the afternoon, and we had a good time catching up with him.
Dinner was excellent, as steaks were grilled along with baked potatoes and corn on the cob. It was a delicious dinner, so thanks to Ben's parents and grandparents for that feast. It's an early night for us, as we will be up early to head for Texas and our game in Arlington tomorrow night.
Here are the statistical updates:
1-end of day odometer: 26,409
2-miles traveled today: 0
3-miles traveled total: 9,766
4-states traveled in today: Missouri
bonus stat: Red and Yellow cards were not introduced into World Cup play until the 1970 event that was held in Mexico.
Then, Mr. Pauluhn helped us wash Ben's car, by helping us I mean he did most of the grunt work, while we helped out with some of the finishing touches. The juices from highway insects were pretty thick, but after an hour and a half the car was looking good as new.
Then, we got back inside just in time to see the penalty kicks in the World Cup game between England and Portugal. That was unbelievable, with Portugal winning 3-1. The pressure that is under each of those players is like nothing I can imagine. Literally, everyone in their nation is watching and expecting them to come through. The Brits were truly crushed, as they had thought this was their year to shine in the world's biggest sporting event.
Afterwards, we headed over to Ben's grandparents house to play some tennis. Ben and I hit for a little over an hour, and he took a set off of me by a score of 6-4. So, he is now 2-1 in sets against me on the trip. We cooled off by jumping in the pool. The previously mentioned successful St. Louis businessman (see Day 2), Kevin Lackey, also came over for the afternoon, and we had a good time catching up with him.
Dinner was excellent, as steaks were grilled along with baked potatoes and corn on the cob. It was a delicious dinner, so thanks to Ben's parents and grandparents for that feast. It's an early night for us, as we will be up early to head for Texas and our game in Arlington tomorrow night.
Here are the statistical updates:
1-end of day odometer: 26,409
2-miles traveled today: 0
3-miles traveled total: 9,766
4-states traveled in today: Missouri
bonus stat: Red and Yellow cards were not introduced into World Cup play until the 1970 event that was held in Mexico.
posted by aceskay at 9:25 PM
1 Comments:
Scott,
Understand you're going to Texas....Are you going to be able to visit Mike..here's his e-mail anyway..mharris672@aol.com or his phone number; 940-696-2781..
Love, Aunt Pat & Uncle MIke
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