IT'S COMING TO A CLOSE IN CALIFORNIA

SATURDAY NIGHT

The Coyotes are playing

St. Louis AAA Blues

It never ceases to amaze me

as to how agile goalies are

especially with all their equipment

Look at those legs!!!

Lots of Coyotes around the net

The boys won their game

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SUNDAY

The last hockey game of

the weekend was to start at

12:45

Before the game

Rod drove us to

HOLLYWOOD

or

at least to see the

HOLLYWOOD SIGN!!!!!!!!

We're on our way

WOW

There's the sign!!!!!!!!!!!!

I jumped out of the truck

and ran across the street

then went out in the middle of the street

to get a better shot

Lots of trees and hydro lines and cars in the way

That's it folks

Now

we're racing back to get to the rink

for the game

Coyotes are playing Dallas

We made it in the nick of time

I had one request

Drop me off at the entrance

to the rink please

Nature was calling!

I was running up the stairs

Guess who was coming down the stairs?

The Father of # 11 of the LA Kings

YUP

It was Rod Stewart in person

I nearly said

Good Morning

but it was afternoon

and

I didn't have the nerve!!!

Al

Bear the water 'boy'

Bear is a taxi driver in Dallas Texas

Bear does not like to fly

so

he took the train from Dallas to LA

and back again

He was on the train for 2 and 1/2 days

Now that is true dedication to his

hockey boys

Coyotes goalie down

When I was at the rink I was

looking at 'hockey' photos

on the wall

I saw a great shot where the photographer

caught skates and lots of spray from the ice

I said to myself

'I'm going to try and get a shot like that'

HA-HA

It will take 1,000 pictures to catch the moment

I gave myself an E for effort though!

The boy is side by side

or

neck and neck

GO BOY GO

The game is over

Coyotes won

Here are Al's friends gathering around

 after the game

They are all such good friends

It warmed the heart to see this

GREAT COMRADS

There goes the Dallas goalie

Good game Al

There goes the Coyotes goalie

Good game Brendan

The picture says it all!!

We are on our way home to Arizona

Oh my

the sky is changing

We missed the rain

We arrived at the rink around 11:30

The bus wasn't that far behind us

We still had a 45 minute ride to Queen Creek

then I had another 1/2 hour ride to Gold Canyon

Was it worth all the driving?

YOU BET!

On the way to Queen Creek

'the boy' sat in the front seat with his Dad

they talked hockey all the way home

Granny sat in the back seat

I listened to their hockey talk

OH

LIFE IS GOOD