Fri. & Sat., April 11 & 12, 2025
An eventful two days started with a surprise phone call Friday morning telling us that . . .
. . . our missing bag would soon
be delivered to our home
If you recall, Iberia Airlines had lost Laurie's carry-on bag that they offered to check in for free at the Asturias Airport somewhere on our two flights home via Madrid last Sunday.
The caller informed us that he would be dropping off our bag at our house in an hour.
And he did. YAHOO!
Friday night we met Michael, Vanessa, Jacob and Mary for dinner at our old stand-by, El Tecolote Restaurant, for some good Mexican food.
Mary proudly by her drawing
from a few months ago that
El Tecolote is still displaying
After dinner, the six of us bought tickets at the Roxy Stadium 11 theaters to watch a movie that the kids really wanted to see.
We all had a grand time
Even though I only have rudimentary knowledge of the Minecraft video game, the movie was still fun for me.
Jacob and Mary's joy watching this film was even more fun.
On Saturday, we were out of the house early as we had a Camarillo Cosmos track meet to attend at Moorpark H.S.
The Cosmos would be running against athletes from the Moorpark Striders Track and Field Club.
Mary started off our day competing
in the Long Jump
Jumping in her jacket was indeed a fashion statement.
What goes up . . .
. . . must come down with
artistic flare of course
Another solid take-off . . .
. . . with another good landing
Mary attained a Seasonal Best today in this event.
Mary and Vanessa celebrating her
Long Jump exploits in our shared tent
Jacob's first event of the day was
the 400 meters
He ran the turn well . . .
. . . and finished strong
He clocked in at 60.99 seconds, a good time for him.
Mary in the 100 meter dash
Holding on to her form
Another Seasonal Best for Mary who was having a good day!
While I was taking photos of Mary's race, Laurie was back at the Long Jump pit recording Jacob's efforts.
A good run up . . .
. . . led to this jump that improved his
PR by a whopping 13 inches!
A new event for Jacob,
the 800 Meters race
His coach gave him times at
various stages of the race to target
He hit them all and again finished
strong to qualify for Varsity Finals
Not bad for the first time running a race at this distance.
Mary running the second leg
of the 4 x 400 Meter relay
She and her team did well
Jacob ran the lead-off leg of his
4 x 400 Meter Relay race
He is about to turn it on at this point
Laurie likes this photo of Jacob
and me . . .
. . . taking this photo
Laurie's great photo of
Jacob pulling away . . .
. . . from the pack . . .
. . . and finishing with a
strong kick yet again!
It was a good day at the track for both Mary and Jacob as the Moorpark Striders ran an organized meet that ended at about 1:00 p.m. which was outstanding.
While we were enjoying the sunny skies at the track meet, there were a pair of Spanish Serie A Semifinal Playoff Games being played.
One Semifinal was played
in Barcelona
The Badalona Dracs (8-1), the Eastern Conference's #1 seed, cruised to an easy victory on their home field over the Western Conference's #2 seeded Osos Rivas (4-5).
After starting the 2025 campaign at 4-1, the Osos suffered a major collapse down the stretch losing their last four games of the season.
The other Serie A Semifinal
was played in Madrid
The Western Conference's #1 seeded Las Rozas Black Demons (9-0) had no trouble at home dispatching the Eastern Conference's #2 seeded Terrassa Reds (5-3-1).
This victory puts the two time defending National Champion Black Demons in the Spanish Bowl for the sixth straight year.
These two Conference Champions will now square off on Saturday, May 3rd at an as of yet unannounced site.
The Badalona Dracs (8-1) meeting the Las Rozas Black Demons (9-0) in Spanish Bowl XXXI should be a dandy.
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