Fri.-Sun., November 4-6, 2022
Grandson Kevin was playing his last regular season soccer match in Las Vegas on Saturday, so we were off to Nevada to see him play with his Phoenix teammates against the mighty Lightning Wolves.
After about two hours of driving, we needed to stop for some healthy nutrition.
We stopped in the interesting desert
town of Boron for breakfast
We liked Old Town Boron's charm
The 20 Mule Cafe
A GREAT stop for a good country breakfast if you like perfectly cooked eggs over easy, golden brown hash browns and a slab of crisp, salty bacon.
Which I do!
The pancakes were only so-so.
Talk about some seriously healthy nutrition!
Boron's Aerospace Museum is
right across from the 20 Mule Cafe
Nice jet for a young boy to explore
Since neither Laurie nor I are young boys so we didn't.
The Twenty Mule Team Museum
Lots of artifacts can be found here about the local history and the history of borax mining in Death Valley and Boron.
It is also located across the street from the 20 Mule Cafe.
Boron's HUGE earth mover
It is located next door to the 20 Mule Cafe which makes our breakfast stop THE place to be when visiting the greater Boron megalopolis!
One simply can NOT cross the
Mojave Desert without stopping
at Eddie's World
So true . . .
We made it to Casa Contreras in Las Vegas by mid-afternoon with time to spend with Jenn, Andrew and Kevin before getting into the evening's activities.
AYSO U14 soccer match
The rest of us headed to
Kevin's elementary school for
their Fall Festival
Kevin shooting buckets
for prizes of untold wealth
Kevin wanted to win this
Star Wars themed basket in
the Festival's raffle
No luck.
The Festival's Cake Walk was
held in this auditorium
Kevin was a winner here taking home a delicious butter cream cake.
We ALL had a good time tonight
The Washington Huskies were on TV
when we all got back to Casa Contreras
against 24the Ranked Oregon State in
a rare Friday night game
Well, not so rare if you are part of the PAC-12's TV package.
It was a hard fought game
with the UW kicking a Field Goal
to win with only eight seconds
left in the game
The Huskies are now 7-2 while the Beavers drop to 6-3.
On Saturday, Gameday, we lost Andrew who had to referee five games starting at 8:00 a.m. He covered 12.45 miles according to his phone app during his day as an arbiter.
We arrived towards the end of
Andrew's third game
Jenn gathering the Phoenix for
their 12:30 p.m. game
Andrew is the Phoenix' Head Coach but also had to ref the game. His assistant was out of town today so Jenn ran the team.
Kevin and Jenn
No game faces here.
Andrew explaining to the two teams
his potential conflict on interest situation
#2 just like his Dad
Kevin on a breakaway
A run to the ball turns into . . .
. . . a battle for the ball
Corner Kick
Why we were shin guards
The ball seems to draw a crowd
Lots of running in soccer
Father and son moment
Get to the ball Kevin!
Breaking away again
Dribble
Pass
Hmm, what should I do?
Yet another Corner Kick
This was a good 1-on-1 situation
I'm Ready
On sides
It was a good game for the Phoenix as they led 5-1 over the Lightning Wolves at the Half.
In the Second Half, Andrew and Jenn adjusted the lineup in an effort to keep the score down.
It worked, the Final Score was Phoenix 6 - Lightning Wolves 1.
Afterwards, Andrew still had to ref
his fifth and final game of the day
He had help from two of his Phoenix
players including Kevin in a
U10 Boys game
Last minute instructions
At the U10 level, Andrew has more
than just refereeing duties to perform
Assistant Referee Kevin
deep in thought and focused on the game
GOOD TIMES INDEED!
In Italy, the Varese Skorpions
U18 team had a game on Saturday
The U18 Skorpions dropped to 1-1 while
the Torino Giaguari improved to 2-1
Michigan State uniforms today after
last Saturday's attack on Michigan
players after their game
Sunday was a day to sit in front of Casa Contreras' 70" TV and watch NFL football all day.
Andrew's Las Vegas Raiders (2-6) blew a 17-0 lead over the Jacksonville Jaguars (3-6) and lost by a Final Score of 27-20.
On to the Rams game . . .
The Los Angeles Rams (3-4) at
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-5)
Sunday started out with so much promise for us.
Then Tom Brady took over
with seconds left in the game
Our long season continues . . .
