The big game day.

I got up and to Moscow a little later than I had planned but I was still there in time to go to the game. It turned out that four people went with me so I had a total of five in my truck. We headed out and went to Yakima. We listened to Ron White and T. Bubba Cletis on the way. It was pretty funny.

When we got to Yakima we went to Shari's for some lunch. The whole team was there. We packed on whole section. After we ate we went to the field. We started to get ready. We took the field at about six-forty-five and did some warm-ups. The game started. They scored pretty quickly. Then we scored a touchdown and got the two-point conversion. It was an ugly game after half-time however. We had a ton of turn over's and they capitalized. We got our butts kicked. I was able to get in a a couple plays at the end of the game. That was nice.

After the game we did a big team prayer. Both teams were in on it. After the game one of the guys on the Yakima team told a teammate that the team was behind it. It turned out his brother was killed in a car accident the night before. The kid had played his heart out in the game. He had an awesome game against us. After I got changed I was in the parking lot. I saw the guy whose brother had died. I went to him and said sorry to him. I shook his hand and then we had a friendly hug. He said thank you.

Everyone mounted up and we went to get gas. I got some pop and the others got some beer. We took off. They were having the beer. I did not like that, but I did not want to be a stick in the mud. I put in my country CD's one by one. We all sang along to the songs. We spent two plus hours singing along to the songs. They were all drinking beer.

In Othello we got some more beer for them and took off again. I thought about the fact that I had parked in front of the store and that they were buying beer. I was thinking that I should not have parked there because they may call the cops on us.

We took off and were about fifteen miles outside of Othello. I had been doing only five MPH over so we would not get pulled over for speeding. This car came flying up on us and I was concerned because he could pass us if he wanted. But he did not. So I thought it may be a cop. There was an open eighteen pack of beer in the front passenger seat. I said I though the car behind us was a cop. The others were getting ready. After following us for a mile I saw the lights go on. It was a cop. I pulled over. The beer was passed to the back seat. They hid it under a coat back there and hid the open containers. Two beers had fallen out when the beer was passed back. The guy in the front seat hid one in the glove box and there was still one of the floor. I pointed it out to him. He pushed it under the seat. The cop came up to us.

I rolled down my window. He said I passed him up doing seventy miles per hour. He then said "do you know what the speed limit is here?" I said "sixty-five". He said it was. So I was pulled over for doing five over. He then said it smells like alcohol in the truck. He asked if anyone had been drinking. The others said they had. He got my license and the license of the others. While the guys in the back seat were getting their licenses out, the guy in the front seat was digging through the glove box to get his. The beer was showing but the cop was watching the guys in the back. He asked if there were any open containers in the vehicle. The guys in the back said no. Then he asked if I had been drinking. I said no. He asked if I would do a field sobriety test. I said I would. He pulled out his pen and did a horizontal gaze nastagnus (sp?) test. I was told in the past my eyes twitch during that test. That is what they are looking for. So he thought I may have been drinking. He asked if there was anything wrong with my eyes. I told him that they twitch during the test. He asked if I would blow on a PBT. I said I would. He went to his car and ran everyone's names.

When he came back to my truck he had the PBT. He showed me is was zeroed out and then I blew. He hit the analyze button. It was still zeroes. He then said he was glad to see I had not been drinking. He again asked if there were any open containers. They others said no. He said you know you cannot have open containers? They said they did. I told him we were coming back from a football game. He said "the Seahawks?" I told him no it was our game versus Yakima. He asked how we did. We all grumbled and said we lost. Then he cut us loose.

We got on the road and took off again. I said "the Seahawks?" Everyone started laughing really hard. We all knew that was a dumb question because the Seahawks don't play for many more months. We continued to sing some more. Near Dusty we got to the last song on the last CD. Then we listened to rock the rest of the way. We got to Moscow and I drove everyone home. Then I went home myself. That was one heck of a day.