To Columbus for a CREW game

Today Robert and I left Louisville at 12:37 to drive up to Columbus, OH (3.5 hours away) to see the Columbus Crew play their season opener game again the New York Red Bulls.  The game starts at 4:00 p.m. so you can see we had to make up some time on the road.  It was amazing…I don't know how we did it, but we arrived at the stadium at 3:40.  We had time to get spirit wear, and find our seats in plenty of time.

Today's story starts way before game time.

What a busy day - Mark is out of town and that leaves Betsy to handle all the activities.  At 8:15 am Devon and Jessica leave to get to OCHS for the Oldham County Kick Off Meet.  It starts at 9:00 a.m. but Jessica has to be there early for pictures.  (Devon has to go with her because I have to be somewhere else).  Just 15 minutes later I take Marissa, Meg (Marissa's friend) and Robert to the Stake Center for the Championship basketball game against LaGrange.  It also starts at 9:00.  From the basketball game we drive directly to the track meet to watch Jessica jump and Devon run.  At 11:10, I take Devon to the stake center for a "Youth Stake Planning" meeting (he has to find his own ride home).  I drive back to the track in hopes of seeing Jessica run, but the meet is running way behind.  My plan was to leave for Columbus by 12:00 - and here it is 5 till and I have just fond Robert and Marissa.  YIKES - I am behind schedule (as well).   I drop Marissa at home - grab some snacks and head out.  OH my - we need gas.  Now we are really behind schedule.

Somehow we make it to the game by 3:40 - find great parking and get in the game.  They are handing out free CREW hats so we each get one.  I take Robert to pick out some CREW spirit wear (as part of his birthday present).  We go up to our front row seats!  AWESOME!!!

The pre-game is great!  The fans are amazing - there are cheerleaders, cannons, fireworks - what a blast.  The players are fantastic.  The Crew controlled the possession of the ball 80-90 percent of the game.  They just couldn't make a goal.  Final score 0-0.

We leave the game - stop at the outlet shopping center on the way home.

Robert is a great traveling companion.  We had a great time talking and joking around on the way up, and then on the way back he watched the NCAA Elite 8 games and gave me play by play updates.  The time went by so fast.  It was a busy but brilliant day!