so as you probably know from seeing fbook, my friend kt and i this wkend took a road trip to visit another friend emily in oxford ms. a very quaint little town :) but the main reason for visiting was to see auburn beat the rebels or black bears. well friday we got there and walked around the square to find a restaurant that didn't have longer than a 45 minute wait...and after putting our names down at about 5 different restaurants and waiting around, we finally sat down to eat around 9:45/10ish. emily had 2 scottish friends with her, and me, kt, and harry joined them for a lovely evening of eating/talking/and watching modern family at the church harry works at. might i just add that i LOVE that show...
so saturday was fun, we slept in, got ready, and headed to the square for our morning fix of java and bfast...then hopped in harry's parents' car to go to the grove and join the massive amount of people tailgating and partying...it is definitely a huge social event, and it was anticipated that this was going to be the largest gathering of people in the history of fball at oxford. emily, correct me if i'm wrong about that fact?
so saturday was fun to walk around and wander through the endless sea of rebel/tiger tents and fans. little kids with their scooters that were zooming around in the family zone of the tailgating, frat boys ranting on and on and smack-talking the opposing team (auburn and ole miss frat boys :)), the smell of yummy foods, the loud chatter of families and fans....ALL of this was so much fun and so part of the grove experience.
kt and i also got to reunite with several of our great auburn friends :) SO fun to see them.
THEN it came time for us to leave...and the game started! kt and i listened to it intently on the radio driving back. it was CRAZY, i think we were caught in emotions of mad/frustration/happy/etc. haha. we got back to the house and watched the rest of the game with the rents, and had a surprise visit with our family friends and their baby, who was trick-or-treating as dorothy from wizard of oz.
it was a FABULOUS wkend of football, friends, and fun..now back to work monday! AHHH!
LOVE this post, except the title :-) here's your correction lol: unfortunately the lsu game in 2003 was a larger gathering total, but i think this may have been the largest crowd in the stadium. that lsu game had more people simply b/c thousands came and just sat in the grove during the game, but this one was very very close and to me better b/c we could actually walk thru the grove! love you!!
ReplyDeletep.s. i'll get my pics up asap too