Enjoying Local Women's Sports

 Minneapolis, MN

Lynx Basketball Finals

The other night Donna and I attended game 3 of the MN Lynx vs. New York Liberty WNBA Finals.  It was an incredibly exciting game but sadly a loss and they ended up losing the series a few games later.  We had a great time cheering them on and we will cheer them on again next year.  The games are incredibly entertaining.

We all got "Free" T-Shirts to wear and towels to wave.

It was the largest attendance for a Lynx game yet at 19,521 attendees.

Donna sporting her spots shirt and sports hand towel.

Golden Gophers Hockey

About a week later we attended the women's Minnesota University Golden Gophers Hockey Game vs. The Minnesota State Mankato Mavericks.  It was a really fun game.  Seats were general admission so we were able to sit in a few different places to check out the action.  We decided our favorite place to sit was low in the corners so that you could see the whole rink in one view.  It was really fun watching the puck bank around the glass right in front of you.  We will have to try other hockey games in these seats.

We took a selfie with Goldy the Gopher.

Ridder Arena appears to be a dedicated arena for the Women's Hockey Team.

We have been to Otter Tail County!

It was a really fun game.  "We" won 8 to 2.  Another great thing about the night is that we were able to take The Green Line light rail right there.  It was an easy trip and we look forward to seeing more sporting events at UMN.

That's it for today.  If you missed, Disney World, check it out.  We went to Disney World and survived a Hurricane (The windy kind, not the drinky kind).

Rest Day in LA, Rest Day in LA

 Los Angeles, CA

Grab yourself a snack and catch up on past posts, this one is short

We Had a Rest Day

Today was the first day we had nothing planned and we did nothing, essentially nothing that is.  Nothing really blog worthy.  We did laundry, cooked some outstanding baked chili rellenos, finished watching Cowboy Bebop, and listened to The LA Kings win their first playoff game.  Oh, one other thing I did was work with American Express on the phone to clear up the final document I needed to send so they can reimburse me for my rental car damage in Costa Rica.  That's it.  Enjoy your day.

A tree passed too closely to our rental car in Costa Rica

I had to pay for the damage in advance and American Express
will reimburse me for it through their
great rental insurance program

Yesterday we had brunch.  Check out the details here.

Seattle, It Isn't Goodbye, It's See You Later

Kirkland, WA

The Final Day 

We have arrived at our final full day in Washington.  We are sitting in a largely empty apartment waiting for Podzilla to come and pick our stuff up.  We are also waiting to do a walkthrough with our apartment manager to try to maximize our deposit return.  I went and go doughnuts at our favorite place this morning, Factory Doughnuts, and we are eating them while drinking our coffee.  Seattle is known for its good doughnuts but those are fancy cake doughnuts that are good for The Instagram.  We like the good old fashion deep fried raised doughnuts so that is what we are eating. The box says it all!

We do deserve a doughnut!

While enjoying our favorite doughnuts, we also think about all of the other great things here in the Seattle area.  We have great Friends, there are great breweries, there is great nature, and the weather makes everything green and misty for most of the year.  We will miss here but we look forward to all of the other "heres" we will experience on our journey. 

What Francis is doing right now

Thinking back

We have been here for 5 years (2 in a high rise in Seattle proper and 3 in Kirkland) and enjoyed our time.  We were going through memoires yesterday and thinking of all of the good times.  

We took multiple camping trips to the San Juan Islands visiting all the islands you can visit by ferry.

I got invited to watch the first public training day for the new Seattle Kraken Hockey Team.

I was invited to see 2 games and we won them both!

The 2nd game had a much more elaborate introduction sequence for the team.  

We got to use our Library card to get into various museums around Seattle.

Francis enjoys the woodsy dog park here in Kirkland.

We volunteered for the local Greyhound rescue helping turn out the dogs (play with them in a field) once a week on Monday nights. 

I can't really fit five years of memories here in one post.  I guess this is why I am starting this blog.  It is 2022 and I hear everyone has a blog.  I know YouTube or Instagram would be more popular but one of my goals is to write more and those other two platforms don't really fit the goal so a blog it is!

The two takeaways I want you to take away from this post is that in 2022 you need a blog and a library card.

We hit the road tomorrow and won't have fast internet until next Monday.  I am trying to figure out what I will do on the road.  It may just be a cell post that says, "I'm here!  Things are going well!  Pictures soon!"  But wee will see.  I change my mind a lot because I can.