Ducks in a Lightning Storm

Knoxville, TN
September 10 -12, 2010

I’ve been home all of three days and it’s time to roll again. I’m off to Knoxville, TN to watch the Ducks play the Volunteers.

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What a fabulous time! The people of Knoxville seem to be the nicest people in the world. Our Ducks struggled prior to a torrential rain storm that delayed the game over an hour. I’ve never been so wet in my life. Our seats were near the top of the stadium, a stadium that seats over 100,000 people mind you, and the process of exiting the seating area after the officials called for a break in the action prevented us from making it under cover before the rain storm. People use the expression of it raining buckets... I always thought that was an exaggeration being from the drizzly northwest... well now I know it actually exists... particularly in Neyland Stadium. Along with the rain we got to see some fabulously powerful lightning bolts as well. And I’m not just referring to the Ducks offense in the second half. More than once during the storm I could feel the static electricity in my hair. All in all I’m hard pressed to come up with a way this trip could have been more fun. We experienced an awesome storm, our Ducks won and the hotel even gave us free breakfast at 1:30am when we returned home from the game.

Thanks people of Knoxville. I had a fabulous time.

Katy