Mon.-Thurs., July 8-11, 2024
I have always found this travel axiom to be true, "Be a Tourist in Your Own Town."
Thus we headed to the Malibu Coast
to visit Leo Carrillo State Park
Neither Laurie or I had ever been there although we had driven past it numerous times over the many years.
Since Leo Carrillo State Park
has tidepools . . .
. . . we knew that we would find
Jacob and his family there as they
were camping in the park
Jacob and Mary searching for
marine life in any form
A hermit crab and lots of grunion
were near at hand
So were surfers
The search continues
Happy to have found precious treasures
Careful with the rocky bottom
Nice ride!
Laurie and Michael back at
Campsite #24
Getting the evening's
camp fire started
Mary having fun as usual
while eating a snack
Michael, Jacob, Vanessa and . . .
WHAT THE HECK IS MARY DOING?
On Thursday, I stopped by
Buena H.S. in Ventura
The Buena Bulldogs were hosting the Dos Pueblos Chargers, El Camino Real Conquistadores-Royals-Bears-Kings (long story) and Hueneme Vikings for a three games each on 7-on-7 football.
El Camino Real defenders in white
covering Buena receivers
It started as a welcomed, cool
afternoon, perfect for running routes
It ended as a cold, foggy evening
that saw me donning a sweatshirt
Lots of positive work by all four schools on this evening. I saw a lot of competitive improvement by all of the teams.
That is the goal after all.
In overseas football news . . .
Helsinki Derby on Thursday
Rooster vs. Wolverines
Coach Michael Wood's Roosters
improve to 6-1 in the Maple League
Polish Bowl XIX on Saturday
Warsaw Eagles vs. Białystok Lowlanders
The European League of Football
Week #8 Schedule has two games
of interest for me
First, the Fehérvár Enthroners (0-6)
at Prague Lions (0-7)
Somebody finally gets a win, right?
The second involves the Spanish Derby,
#5 ranked Madrid Bravos (4-1) at
#17 ranked Barcelona Dragons (2-5)
The reason for my interest is the recent turmoil with the Barcelona squad that last week fired their Head Coach, had several players and assistant coaches boycott last weekend's game that saw the rest of the Dragons squad refuse to take the field for the Second Half of their game with the Munich Ravens after trailing 54-0 at Halftime.
Click on this photo to make it easier
to read. In a nutshell, TURMOIL!
As a result of all of this, the Dragons roster for the game against the Madrid eleven has changed just a bit.
TWELVE roster cuts . . .
. . . no, make the TWENTY-FOUR
players released
These two Release Lists included LB Alex Posito who I know to be one of Spain's greatest players and a member of the Barcelona Dragons since the team's founding in 2021.
What is going on in Catalonia?
With half of the roster gone, the Dragons were in need of new blood STAT!
Ten new Dragons and . . .
. . . ten more
In the course of the ELF's four year history there have been a total of 19 franchises.
Two of them, the Leipzig Kings (2021-'22-'23) and Istanbul Rams (2022), are no longer active ELF teams.
Will Barcelona be the third club to drop out?
The NFL season is fast approaching
Hopefully, the Rams roster will be more stable than the Dragons' this season.
Mirth from the net . . .
The Monster from the Black Lagoon
was scary back in the day
Hmmmmm . . .
100%
1,000%
It pays to be polite in Europe
Reading Is FUNdamental!
Slow start, solid middle and a
good finish!
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