Well, the first annual PoolDawg Road Trip is over. Good times were had, beverages were consumed and new friends were made. Ignacio Colorado may be a bit out of the way, but the drive was really nice. I got to stick my head out the window and experience some serious altitude, driving at about 10,000 feet above sea level.
On the way to the hotel, we decided to stop off at the Coney Island hot dog stand. Apparently the owners drove this thing over from New York and dropped it in the middle of the mountains in Bailey Colorado.
Needless to say, at first I wanted nothing to do with eating hot dogs. Really the whole concept is quite insulting. Why anyone thinks it acceptable to eat a dog is beyond me, but it does seem to be a popular pastime. Keven, Mike and Brent seemed to be enjoying their dogs, so eventually my inner Alfred Packer got the best of me and I decided to give it a try.
Once we finally got to Ignacio, I got to hang out quite a bit with my buddy Sarah (who I missed quite a bit while sitting on Mike’s desk). Sarah kicked some ass, taking her first 3 matches including a 9-6 win over our friend Monica Webb. She lost her 4th match to that Black Widow lady, but still finished tied for 9th for the tournament.
As for me, I’m back in Bloomington with Sarah and her crazy cats. In a few short weeks though I’ll be back on the road, headed to Lincoln City Oregon for the Pacific Coast Classic.
Wondering what’s keeping Monica, Helena and the tall lady busy when they’re not playing in WPBA events? Its their new place called Stix Bar and Grill. They’ve all been hard at work trying to get the new room up and running, but damn is it hard work. Even so, the place is really coming together nicely. As you can see, there are going to be lots of beautiful Diamond bar boxes.
The place is going to be seriously sweet and naturally Debbie will be running the bar. Like the room, the website is currently under construction, but it too should be up and running soon. You’ll be able to find it at http://www.stixbarandgrill.com. Hopefully they’ll make a nice little area for me on the bar so I don’t have to hang out at the house all day.
Leave it to Debbie to find a way to get a bunch of super sweet pictures even though there was a bit of a “no cameras allowed” rule in the casino. Before we get to the pictures though, I wanted to give a shout out to Monica for kicking ass and winning her second straight title. That trophy’s almost as big as she is!
Once again, Debbie was able to get all sorts of awesome pictures with the WPBA gals and the fans. Naturally, she got lots of pictures with my favorite little buddy Sarah Rousey (who seemed to need some help keeping her eyes open for pictures).
And of course, she got lots of pictures with our pals Monica Webb, Melissa Herndon, Ming Ng, Jennifer Barretta, Jasmin Ouschan, Mitch and Ewa and lots of others.
For all the pictures, just bounce over to our Facebook page or check out the photostream on Flickr.
