There were some rough patches to overcome, certainly, but week 7's festivities will go down as one of the top dozen tailgates of the year. Included in those patches were a near refusal of entry to the south lot and the unavailability of our favorite parking space next to the handicapped spots. Had we been able to park where we did last time, we would have had front row seats to the Chicago Bears Drum Crew'z live performance.
Otherwise, the weather was perfect, the grill was working (in the same way dandruff shampoo "works"), and the nearby port-o-lets offered a steady stream (pun intended,) of fans a close-up look at Speedy Willie. The new playlist was a moderate hit and featured some new songs, some old songs, and yet more tracks from the Top Gun soundtrack.
It was a bit sillier of a tailgate than we've had lately, with a Karate Kid Crane Kick contest breaking out. Pictures of that are still being developed. In fact, many of the pictures are not available to us jut so check back later in the week for those.
The Bears won. Our section was Philadelphia Eagles fans-free, which was good. We're still waiting for our first celebrity appearance, which did not come this last week even though the namesake was featured in some kind of half-time show. I've just about convinced myself that we can use this carpeting in the bus and not completely ruin it.
2 weeks until Detroit on 11/02/08. As it stands right now, that is shaping up to be the biggest tailgate of the year! Also, it's Uncle Jerry's birthday!
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