This post recounts the day of May 24th, 2010.
This was a tricky morning. It was the first morning where we have a deadline to make that day. Habs Game 4 PM, Arizona time. We were 8.5 hours away. We were passing through 2 time zones though, which helped us a lot time wise. We were all feeling kinda low due to our upcoming long drive, but the anticipation for the Habs game was too strong to keep me down for long. We had a quick grab-n-go breakfast and we were on the road again. We ended up finishing a great audiobook by Nick Cave entitled The Death of Bunny Monroe. And finally, about 10 minutes late, we made it to a sports bar in Tucson, AZ for the game. The bar was fantastic for any sports fan. About 30 TVs and personal speakers at your table to set to any TV sound. The food was pretty decent, I’m pretty sure we had some veggie quesadillas and a garden salad.
The game was troublesome, and I was tired, and I really wanted a win...but it was not meant to be. The stupid Flyers took us in 5 games and ended the Habs’ magical playoff run. And we were only halfway thru the trip! We left with a glum face, well, I had a glum face, Tyler had to be cheery so we wouldn’t bring Bev down, and we went on our way to Tempe. The 2 hour drive was started by an amazing song to commemorate our great season: Les Boys by Éric Lapointe.
We finally got to Tempe, AZ, and my mood improved instantly when the cute receptionist who goes to ASU knew where montreal was, and actually dreamt of visiting our great city. She even spoke to me in French. I missed having a crush on someone... I had her draw us a map of the happening spots in Tempe. We went out. The happening spots, which I guess are normally happening, were not so happening on a Monday, especially after a devastating Habs loss, which I’m sure every Tempian was extremely upset about. We ended up at a bar with a live musician singing some Bob Dylan and I had a Rum n Coke courtesy of the wonderful Beverley. After the drink, we walked a little more throughout the city, really enjoying the Riverfront walk with their string-lit bridges. And tomorrow was to be another day.
Driving today: 10.5 hours
Song of the Day: Les Boys by Éric Lapointe
Album of the day: Beverley singing to Ingrid Michaelson mix...what a great voice...oh, and Ingrid was good too.
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