Super Soccer Saturday

 

This morning Travalon watched his Wolves, and they actually won!! They beat Southampton 2-0! Here are Wolfie and Wendy rejoicing.

And here they are with Rodrigo:

After that we went on a hike that is very close to our house. We had gone a short way on it once before, but this time we followed it for quite a way until it suddenly seemed to vanish. It was supposed to lead to a conservation area, but the trail petered out in a very wealthy subdivision. Here are some photos of the hike.

In the late afternoon Travalon went to the Up North Bar while I got my hair cut, then we went to the Essen Haus, which is still open with no closing date in sight. They were planning to close in August, but there is a holdup with the company who wants to purchase the land to build apartments, so they are open until at least New Year's Eve. We got some pretzels, and I thought it was three to an order, but they gave us like twice that much. By the time we got to the Forward game, I could barely eat a cheeseburger. 

The Forward were playing the Spokane Velocity, and because it was a playoff game, there couldn't be a tie. The game was exciting, but it was pretty cold out, and I stupidly forgot my Forward scarf. I did see a woman wearing a hat that I want, a knit cap (or, in Canadian, toque, which somehow rhymes with nuke) that was bright fuchsia with an eye on the front. We were right near the Flock, so I stayed a bit warm by bouncing around to their constant Brazilian-sounding rhythms. The game ended without anyone scoring, so someone behind us said they would play fifteen minutes of overtime, and if that didn't work, fifteen more minutes of overtime, and if THAT didn't work, they would have penalty kicks. I was so cold that all that sounded like rare torture, and my phone suddenly announced that it would start raining in twelve minutes, so we hurried back to the car and then watched the rest of the game from the warmth and comfort of our house. By the time we got home, they were just at the end of the second overtime period with still no score, so they went to penalty kicks, and the Velocity goalie was able to stop one, so they are going to the championship game. Heartbreaking for the Forward, but at least they put up a real fight.

After the game, Travalon and I got sucked into watching travel videos, so now I am blogging way too late at night, as usual.

Famous Hat