HARD: to believe I ordered game tickets for perhaps the coldest Packer play-off game in history.
FAST: how daughter, Tara, & I, win (cross fingers/ knock wood) or lose, will be wanting to be un-frozen after the game.
Yup. This will be our trip to our version of the Arctic, Mt. Everest, etc, etc. Four and a half hours away - to experience multi-millionaire football players attempting to win a game in front of thousands of crazed fans willing to face possibly -50F windchill weather for HOURS - just because... it's there.
Here are images from warmer days at Lambeau Field. (I have yet to be inside the stadium proper - though have parked in lot often, shopped in Pro Shop, & stayed in motel right across from field - just not during game days.)
1) Morning sun glinting off fabled Lambeau Field - it's warmer in the Summer...
2) This was during a lovely visit with Ruth Trowbridge, a force of nature who has never missed a home game. Ruth's ties to the Green Bay Packers are deeper than simple fan-dom. Her late husband was on the Board of Directors, and she'd have let me try on her Brett Favre era Superbowl Ring had she been able to get if off of her finger. (We bonded at an art fair. I drew her a hippo. Ruth is a SERIOUS collector of hippos...) And SERIOUS collector/grower of both day-lilies and hostas.
This photo was taken during an October visit two years ago. I don't know if Ruth will be at the game on Sunday, but I wouldn't bet against her! Life Lesson: you never know what friendships will form when innocently chatting with woman wanting a hippo for her collection! Yes, she now has now added our bears to the goodies at her most interesting home.
So, we have one more day to prepare for our Grand Adventure. Daughter, Tara, plans on creating some special Green and Gold face-guards for us. The fabric is at hand - and the design is in her head. The finished pieces will be piled into the car, along with sleeping bags, seats, and even more hand and foot warmers!
The Power of Positive Thinking is not working with the weather. We will aim our Bestest Thoughts toward the Packer team as will most of the winterized (and not) fans this next Sunday late afternoon and evening. We will wish the San Francisco team no serious injuries.
I won't say that going to this game will have been the smartest thing we have ever done, but, win or lose, so far I'm still glad I clicked that "Purchase Tickets" click.
On to the survival of the warmest....! (A fan can dream.) GO PACK!!!!
Fare-thee-well,
Sue
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