Saturday Night... Sunday...

Eagle River Falcons vs. Fond du Lac Bears
We all piled into the car & headed to the game. Its been a tradition to catch the Saturday night Falcons game & it is a blast. I think I went on about it our first year. Some of the highlights... a all wooden domed barn. The arms lenght 50-50 tickets for $10 -$12, the real pucks for chuck a puck & the plastic pitchers of beer. It was fun. The Falcons jumped out to a 2-0 lead, then the Bears scored 7 straight for a 8-3 final.

Sunday morning, G-Low & I decided to hit the gym. The drinking & not so healthy eating made me want to exercise. After a good work out, we did 10 mins in the sauna before getting cleaned up & meeting the crew at the Champagne breakfast the lodge was having. We all did the buffet, which was excellent. I didn't go overboard since I had just exercised, but that didn't stop other people from enjoying the wonderful spread. There was eggs, potatoes, biscuits & gravy, omeletes, waffles, prime rib, fruit... the list goes on.
A few hours after breakfast, I would say about half way through the movie Zombieland. Everyone got dressed & headed back to the pond to play some hockey. It was the Monkeys & Lagers playing on the pond. It was more of a fun game than a rivalry game, since we had a few people on different teams. But it was a blast. The past two days were clear & sunny, Sunday it was snowing. When we got to the pond, we had to sweep off a couple of inches of snow just to play. Our bodies were so tired after 2 hours of pickup hockey that we spent the rest of the afternoon trying to recover.
The evening was going to be a simple one. Eat, say "goodbye" to the staff of Eagle Waters & pack. While we were getting ready for dinner, we were invited by the owners of the resort to use their personal hot tub. So some of us took advantage of that. After a good dinner & finishing Zombieland & Miss March, Darryl & I headed down to the bar where the rest of the crew was enjoying the last few hours of our trip.
After a hour or so at the bar, we headed back to the cabin to pack for Monday. Our goal was to get rid of the food & drinks left back at our cabin, & to get to bed at a reasonable time, since we had to leave early in the morning. Well, some of us managed that. I didn't. A few of us were up with the Lagers enjoying ourselves into the wee hours of the night/morning.

Monday.... Morning came quick & next thing we knew, we were packed up & headed down the snowy road to Rhinelander.
We took off from Rhinelander close to 11 a.m. then had a few hour layover in Minneapolis. By 2:30 p.m. we were in the air & headed back to Seattle. We got in at 4:30 p.m. & our trip was officially over.
It was a fun trip. We keep telling ourselves that this is the last year. But whenever we leave, we are looking forward to next year. The experience this year was awesome. We made the playoffs for the first time & I truly believe we could've won it all, just a few bad bounces. I enjoyed the guys we went with & I enjoyed the comraderie we had with the hockey players there & the people of Eagle River. Til next year... GO MONKEYS!!

Oh & here is the link to all the results & pics... I haven't looked at it yet- USA Hockey Pond Hockey Championships