Mission Accomplished

Dillon, Christina, and I went to the Bay Area this weekend. James was able to snag four free tickets to the Reds-Giants game. We were able to convince the Cranchs to also come over because Paul had never gone to a baseball game before. James also invited one of his old small group guys.
Here we are after the game. From left to right: James, David, me, Paul. It was fan appreciation day at AT&T Park, which is why there is a Toyota truck parked at second base.


After the game it was announced that all fans were allowed to run the bases. This is the first time I had ever heard of adults being allowed to participate. Normally, it is only children that is allowed to have the joy of pretending to be a major leaguer.

James went ahead of me to set up shop with the camera. The ushers standing by all the bases kept repeating, "No sliding!" My goal was simple: ignore the ushers and do something every baseball fan dreams of, sliding into home plate. As I rounded third, an opening was created. This was my chance. I could slide into home and not disrupt the other fans.






Team Nixon 1. Giants 0.


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A First Time For Everything

On Saturday my buddy Tyler took me and Paul out on his Sea Doo. He has an awesome three seater that is great for tubing and wake boarding. (I know what you are thinking. Three guys stuck on one Sea Doo, gross. It really isn't that bad. The key is being the driver or the guy on the back because he has to face backwards. You don't want to be the one in the middle of the manwich.)

Many times in my life I have gone out on a lake with the intentions of learning how to water ski, wake board, or knee board. Many times in my life I have wasted hours of everyone's time trying to get up and out of the water. But Saturday was different. Saturday I go up on my third attempt. I was stunned.

I didn't want to bring my camera out on the lake so I don't have any pictures. However, there was a guy standing on the shore filming me.





Update. Paul got upset because I didn't mention that it was also his first time to wake board. He wasn't quite as graceful as me.