The Purple Penguin

[Kathleen: we got up and were getting ready when the phone rang. It was one of the other cheerleaders ringing up to say “Happy Eagles Day!” So that was the start of an interesting day.]

We got stuff packed for the game, bar-b-q cool chest. [Kathleen: This was actually a combination barbecue and cool chest, really nifty.] Drove down to the stadium where we saw people parked all over the place, some cooking, others just drinking. Arrived at the parking lot, showed our tickets and parked. Hal got out the bar-b-q and, after drinking the first beer for a grease catcher, he cooked our burgers. Kathleen had a g&t, then we headed over to the other parking lots to see what they were doing. [Kathleen: That was simply wild. Drinking, games, someone had a very large flat screen TV set up, another person had a huge camper thing – similar to a tour bus, and it was all just crazy.] After that we made our way to the stadium proper to pee and go to the Eagles pro shop, the shop was packed so we did a quick search and headed through the shop and out to see the start of the game. Allison and the rest of the cheerleaders came out to start things going followed by the Cowboys team and the Eagles (home team last).

The Eagles started out well putting on ten points. The game swung back and forth after that through the quarters till the last one where both teams were on equal points. Then the Eagles went ahead and the clock was running down, Dallas started a long drive and came with in a 1st and goal on second and goal there was an interception and that was it, the Eagles won. [Kathleen: for those of us who don’t speak US football – Eagles went for an early lead then the game went back and forth. Very exciting. At the end of the game the Eagles scored an excellent touchdown. Then Dallas looked like they were going to score again, evening up the game again. But when the ball was thrown (only about 5 yards from the scoring area), one of the Eagles players caught it and ran all the way down the field scoring a last touchdown. Really exciting.]

It took some time to drive out, away from the stadium through Philadelphia all lit up at night, including the boat houses. Back to Allisons and Hals.

[Kathleen: up early tomorrow for a flight. Update when we can!]