Gus and I started the Sunday by getting on the light rail train near the Mall of America and going up to the Metrodome. We got there about 2 and 1/2 hours before the game so we got to mingle with the tailgaters. They make a big deal about the pre game party and I'm not sure some of them even make it to the game. Above is a well lubricated gentleman attempting a field goal with a nerf football. It did slide a little left, but he did show enough promise that Brendan Taman immediately put him on the Bombers negotiation list.



We got into the stadium a little early and were able to watch all of the warmups. We were fairly high up in the stands, but still had a pretty good view. Little did we know what we were in store for, as it is very rare that two NFL all time records would be broken that day.

What you may not have seen on television that day is that in fact the Vikings were playing a team of mascots. That may have had something to do with Adrian Peterson's 296 yards rushing. In the picture above you can see the mascots fumbling around on the field.







After the game Gus and I got on a very crowded train and made our way back to Bloomington. We got into our Hotel room fairly quickly so that we could watch the Colts-Patriots game. We hunkered down and had an evening of pizza and football. The next day we had the long ride back to Carman, but we were able to tolerate it knowing that we had had a great weekend watching sports and were able to witness NFL history.

Gus and Dad are in the midst of their father/son trip. We have been planning this one for a year or so and are finally underway. The first night, Friday we stopped in Grand Forks and watched the Fighting Sioux defeat Colorado College 6-2. Unfortunately Dad forgot the camera and we don't have any proof. Since there were no rooms in Grand Forks, we hightailed it to Fargo after the game. Here is a picture of Gus adjusting his side of the Sleep number bed. I think he liked it at 35, whatever that means. I think Dad's number was 150 or whatever rockhard was. We made it throgh the night and left early for the Twin Cities. We met up with Glen and Alana at Bubba Gump's Shrimp at the mall of America. Here is a picture of Glen and Alana each having a girlie drink before their meal. Don't they look cute.
After supper, we went to the Wild/Flames game at the Excel Energy Center. We had great seats except that we had to sit beside Glen at the game. Gus was impressed as we had Brian Rolston's wife and kids in front of us and Josh Hardings parents behind us. The Wild won the game 4-1 with the highlight being derek Boogard's fight with Eric Godard. We are looking forward to the Vikings game tomorrow and will report on this later.
Here is a picture of Gaborik scoring his first of 2 goals on the night.

Note to Garth Shindle: At least I update my blog at least once a year.