Had a great weekend away. I met my friend Marcy for dinner on Friday night. Frances and Al had an early evening event planned. Saturday morning we Al, Frances, and a friend Bob Mays and I left Winston around 8 am heading to Boone, NC for the Appalachian State/Wake Forest (Winston-Salem) football game. Bob is also an alum of App and has season tickets. Every year Al goes with Bob to one of the games. As soon as Frances heard Wake and App were playing she decided she wanted to attend the game. As soon as tickets went on sale back in August Frances called and purchased two tickets for us. It’s been years since the two teams have played other.
We arrived in Boone around 9:45 and headed to the bookstore on campus to do some t-shirt and hat shopping. After lunch at the App dinning hall we drove to the parking lot to catch to bus to the game. We had great seats in the handicapped section since Frances has a hard time with the stadium steps. It was beautiful weather although it was very warm. We did get an occasional dark cloud and brief shower during the early part of the game. It was very close with App loosing by one point 20 to 19. This was my first time back on campus and for a game in 40 years. I have been to Boone a couple of times over the past years but not been on the campus.
We headed back down the mountain arriving at a favorite seafood restaurant around 7:45 in Yadkinville, twenty minutes or so from Winston. After a good dinner and dropping Bob back off at his truck at IHOP we arrived home around 9:30.
We slept in late this morning, had breakfast, and I headed back up the mountain arriving home a little after 11.