kepdawg
10-28-2007, 08:42 PM
I had a nice trip to and from Giddings with Gsquared.
Traffic wasn't too bad, but I wasn't driving so I don't care anyway.
We met in Desoto and pulled out just after 11AM. We got into Giddings around 1:30PM.
We took a brief detour in Cameron to take a look at the stadium. It is evident that visitors are not welcome in Cameron as there is little room for them.
We did get lost for a brief moment in Cameron when 77 shifted, but Gsquared was also trying to do a little more research while in Cameron.
Upon arriving in Giddings, Gsquared made sure we got to the nicest Dairy Queen in the world as quick as possible.
We had blizzards while we waited at the nicest Dairy Queen in the world for pirate4state to meet us.
After pirate4state arrived we walked just down the street to meet Darren at Fastenal. Darren showed Gsquared the port-a-cool unit while pirate4state looked for things to knock down.
Pirate4state did say she was impressed with the nut driver.
Around 3:15PM we went on to the school.
Gsquared and I had planned on using our free time to have pirate4state run routes on the field, but she refused. I told her we would teach her the swinging hinge since we didn't have enough people to execute the swinging gate.
While Darren and his Lion's Club buddies prepared our catfish dinner, Gsquared, pirate4state, and I hung out at a nearby picnic table as pirate4state grilled Gsquared about all of the contacts in his cell phone.
After Gsquared noticed the Lion's Club member with a hook hand, we began to brainstorm about how he came to have the hook hand.
While we were waiting Go Blue showed up.
Not too long after that it was time to eat, so we headed on it to the Giddings High School cafeteria.
While eating pirate4state fell in love with a particular gentleman who was overseeing one of the catfish lines.
Pirate4state also said that Sinton's cafeteria could kick Giddings' cafeteria's butt!
About 5:45PM we decided it was time to go ahead and get our tickets and head to our seats.
Pirate4state went and bought our tickets and then entered the stadium on the visitor's side walking right past a closed ticket booth.
We promptly made our way to the top row, 50 yard line where Gsquared and Go Blue spent five minutes arguing over which one of them was actually on the 50.
Shortly after, the Caldwell coaches setup shop in the crow's nest directly behind us and even asked if we were ready to call plays if they needed us to.
We were also fortunate enough to have a scout right behind us to give us the inside scoop on all the recruits.
DU_stud04 and mwynn05 surprised us with a phone call that they were on the way. They arrived just in time after parking in Lexington and walking to the stadium.
Giddings has the largest inflatable helmet I have ever seen and the shortest goalposts I have ever seen.
The Buffalo by the street looks lonely.
Once the game started it quickly became apparent that we were lucky enough to be sitting just a few rows behind Mr. Obvious Man who coincidentally also happened to be Mr. Stand Up Sit Down Man. Go Blue did his best to encourage him echoing his obvious yells to the players and coaches.
The stadium was packed. The fences were lined. The trucks were set up across the street.
Once the game started I didn't notice the band from either team.
It didn't appear that Caldwell had the usual student section that I am accustomed to. It appeared that the large majority of Caldwell fans were at the game as families.
Caldwell has an intersting blend of people as most places do. There were lots of beards and lots of Cowboys hats. There was certainly no shortage of nice looking females either. Does anyone know who the four are that wear matching orange and grey striped shirts? Just wondering if it was just a fan thing or if they had any significance such as being coaches wives. They stood out as being different from the rest of the fans.
The nicest looking females happened to be a trio from Cameron I noticed at halftime. This may back up Gsquared's research I mentioned earlier.
After the game we were finally able to get out the back way after 15-20 minutes. DU_stud04 gave us a call when we were in Waco to let us know they had finally arrived back to their car.
We picked up the scoreboard show on Rockdale's radio station.
Does anybody know where Squeakers is? Or is that a game? During the local score update the guy would be giving out scores and then say, "In Squeakers..." We weren't sure if a game was played in Squeakers Friday night or if a game of Squeakers was played. I think he may have also mention something about "In Blowouts..." It was a weird sounding guy on the radio.
Gsquared made sure to show me the rocket in Robinson and then we hopped on 35 and headed the rest of the way home.
I'm sure there's probably a few things I forgot, so Gsquared, pirate4state, Go Blue, DU_stud04, mwynn05, or Darren may have to add something to the story.
Overall, I'd say it was a successful trip.
Traffic wasn't too bad, but I wasn't driving so I don't care anyway.
We met in Desoto and pulled out just after 11AM. We got into Giddings around 1:30PM.
We took a brief detour in Cameron to take a look at the stadium. It is evident that visitors are not welcome in Cameron as there is little room for them.
We did get lost for a brief moment in Cameron when 77 shifted, but Gsquared was also trying to do a little more research while in Cameron.
Upon arriving in Giddings, Gsquared made sure we got to the nicest Dairy Queen in the world as quick as possible.
We had blizzards while we waited at the nicest Dairy Queen in the world for pirate4state to meet us.
After pirate4state arrived we walked just down the street to meet Darren at Fastenal. Darren showed Gsquared the port-a-cool unit while pirate4state looked for things to knock down.
Pirate4state did say she was impressed with the nut driver.
Around 3:15PM we went on to the school.
Gsquared and I had planned on using our free time to have pirate4state run routes on the field, but she refused. I told her we would teach her the swinging hinge since we didn't have enough people to execute the swinging gate.
While Darren and his Lion's Club buddies prepared our catfish dinner, Gsquared, pirate4state, and I hung out at a nearby picnic table as pirate4state grilled Gsquared about all of the contacts in his cell phone.
After Gsquared noticed the Lion's Club member with a hook hand, we began to brainstorm about how he came to have the hook hand.
While we were waiting Go Blue showed up.
Not too long after that it was time to eat, so we headed on it to the Giddings High School cafeteria.
While eating pirate4state fell in love with a particular gentleman who was overseeing one of the catfish lines.
Pirate4state also said that Sinton's cafeteria could kick Giddings' cafeteria's butt!
About 5:45PM we decided it was time to go ahead and get our tickets and head to our seats.
Pirate4state went and bought our tickets and then entered the stadium on the visitor's side walking right past a closed ticket booth.
We promptly made our way to the top row, 50 yard line where Gsquared and Go Blue spent five minutes arguing over which one of them was actually on the 50.
Shortly after, the Caldwell coaches setup shop in the crow's nest directly behind us and even asked if we were ready to call plays if they needed us to.
We were also fortunate enough to have a scout right behind us to give us the inside scoop on all the recruits.
DU_stud04 and mwynn05 surprised us with a phone call that they were on the way. They arrived just in time after parking in Lexington and walking to the stadium.
Giddings has the largest inflatable helmet I have ever seen and the shortest goalposts I have ever seen.
The Buffalo by the street looks lonely.
Once the game started it quickly became apparent that we were lucky enough to be sitting just a few rows behind Mr. Obvious Man who coincidentally also happened to be Mr. Stand Up Sit Down Man. Go Blue did his best to encourage him echoing his obvious yells to the players and coaches.
The stadium was packed. The fences were lined. The trucks were set up across the street.
Once the game started I didn't notice the band from either team.
It didn't appear that Caldwell had the usual student section that I am accustomed to. It appeared that the large majority of Caldwell fans were at the game as families.
Caldwell has an intersting blend of people as most places do. There were lots of beards and lots of Cowboys hats. There was certainly no shortage of nice looking females either. Does anyone know who the four are that wear matching orange and grey striped shirts? Just wondering if it was just a fan thing or if they had any significance such as being coaches wives. They stood out as being different from the rest of the fans.
The nicest looking females happened to be a trio from Cameron I noticed at halftime. This may back up Gsquared's research I mentioned earlier.
After the game we were finally able to get out the back way after 15-20 minutes. DU_stud04 gave us a call when we were in Waco to let us know they had finally arrived back to their car.
We picked up the scoreboard show on Rockdale's radio station.
Does anybody know where Squeakers is? Or is that a game? During the local score update the guy would be giving out scores and then say, "In Squeakers..." We weren't sure if a game was played in Squeakers Friday night or if a game of Squeakers was played. I think he may have also mention something about "In Blowouts..." It was a weird sounding guy on the radio.
Gsquared made sure to show me the rocket in Robinson and then we hopped on 35 and headed the rest of the way home.
I'm sure there's probably a few things I forgot, so Gsquared, pirate4state, Go Blue, DU_stud04, mwynn05, or Darren may have to add something to the story.
Overall, I'd say it was a successful trip.