Going to Mizzou!

Last weekend, Dave and I drove to Columbia to meet the Lewises for a Mizzou football game. I love looking at all of the Tiger fans driving to Mizzou. I remember my dad showing his Tiger pride with a tail hanging out the car.


I love parts of the drive with the beautiful scenery and autumn leaves.

But, I HATE the Billboards.

I HATE the big trucks,

And, I hate the people who ride each other's bumpers. We didn't have as much traffic as the Lewises, people just insisted on following closely going 70-80 MPH.

After meeting the Lewises at the hotel, we piled in the van and drove to the game. We were surprised that people parked as much as 2 miles away from the stadium.

People would "Tail-gate" by the side of the road or outside the parking garage. You don't need a tail-gate---a few lawn chairs, a cooler with beverages and a couple of bowl of chips---instant party.

Some of the Tailgaters were quite creative---note Tiger Country on the left and the scaffolding for a party in the distance.

Here is Rebecca with her father-in-law Larry at our "Tailgate" Party.

We were in this section, but couldn't decide if it should be called "dubya, dubya, dubya" or "3 Double-u" or "Tri-dubya". We each had our personal favorites. No one liked my "Tri-double upside down Deltas" though.

Rebecca made a very attractive bean dip for us to eat at the tailgate party.
Someone even gave Roman a Tiger tail which his daddy put through his belt loop.
Dave and I took our seats early and were a little shocked at the Marching Band uniforms until we found out this was the "alumnae band" entertaining us before the big game!