Sat: Suck of the Irish

After a series of concerned emails and phone calls, Bad Habit braved the weather to drive the 2.5 hours to Salisbury, MD... We were actually pretty pumped about the late start (leaving at 10am rather than 5:45am) and were looking to capitalize on the abbreviated rounds of pool play (70 min instead of 90min) due to our lack of depth here...

We did finally manage to get vans for the weekend, so we felt the full effect of the 30-40 mph winds while crossing the Bay Bridge in the midst of a fog that was dense enough to hide the vast body of water below us. I will say the winds were much worse on the way back while Pete was driving my van...

After an hour and half of driving rain I decided to call the TD to check on the cancellation of the tourney. A surprised TD answered and went on to mention the lack of precipitation in Salisbury. We're 45 minutes out here and it's pouring, but we keep driving... 30 minutes out and it's still pouting...15 minutes. Pouring. We arrive and it's still coming, but not quite as hard as on the road. The weather is nice however, and the winds aren't too bad as we roll around the fields. We had a first round bye so we were prepared to get warmed up and get a little wet. Right as wel parked the van, every team on the field began to walk back towards their cars. The tourney was called for the day just as we finished our drive. Stupid. We got with the TD and learned we would play under the assumption of our original "assumed" seed on Sunday with bracket play.

Exciting, huh? 2.5 hours back home now.... Of course, we're hungry so we stop at some Mexican place and have a nice big meal to load up for Sunday. Sugar packet roulette was clutch in all eyes but Bridget's, and the Dos Equis was nice even at noon...

We had some drinks, Apples to Apples, Mario, and some sleep in store before an early (note daylight savings!) start next morning at 5:45am...