‘Rest day’ — Final games of the NFL regular season

Posted on | by Rudy

Last night was rough — I think I ate too much pizza too late before going to bed. Slept poorly. We woke up before the 6:00 am alarm. Showered and had some yoghurt and fruit and coffee and off we were. Dark outside. Heading west on I-80 towards Denver. We veered south before Denver and drove for a few hours on a very lonely 2-lane, passing miles and miles of windmills. Got to Colorado Springs by about 10:30 mountain time. We gained an hour today. Checked into the La Quinta and then headed across the street to the Buffalo Wild Wings to watch football. My Giants easily blew away the Eagles, but as it turned out it was all for nought. Missed the playoffs.

A short driving day from North Platte to Colorado Springs. We arrived in time to watch the NY Giants win their game but miss the playoffs. Then back to our room at the La Quinta, where I cheered on the Vikings as they defeated the Green Bay Packers, thereby assuring a playoff berth -- next week the same two teams will face each other in the first playoff game.
A short driving day from North Platte to Colorado Springs. We arrived in time to watch the NY Giants win their game but miss the playoffs. Then back to our room at the La Quinta, where I cheered on the Vikings as they defeated the Green Bay Packers, thereby assuring a playoff berth — next week the same two teams will face each other in the first playoff game.

We went back to the room and perched ourselves on our respective beds and watched the Green Bay / Minnesota game. That turned out great, as the Vikings, led by Adrian Peterson, earned a rematch against the Packers next week in the first playoff game.

Sue called Garth on Skype. We decided to book a different hotel in Phoenix tomorrow — we’re tired of these ‘pet-friendly’ La Quintas. We have another 12 hour drive tomorrow, hope the snow in the forecast is light and doesn’t result in road conditions like we had here 2 years ago on our way down.

We continued watching football in the evening — Dallas in Washington — winner is in the playoffs.