On Saturday morning everybody got dressed in their PSU gear and got ready for a great day of football (little did we know what was in store).
Before we left to go to the game, Grandpa Dickiedoo and Grandma Jodie stopped by to see the kids and play for a while...
Soon afterward Lea and I were on our way to Happy Valley. I have to say that the new Route 322 is pretty awesome. It would have been great back at the point where I was in school. Traffic used to back up for miles upto the turn at Port Matilda, you wouldn't have that now.
Alas once we got to State College, it was a different matter. While we got to town like somewhere about six hours before game time, finding a parking spot downtown was a challenge. We turned left for what seems like forever...
Alas, we did eventually find a parking spot. So began our soggy adventure in State College. We spent some time checking out the downtown shops - we went to the Growing Tree to at toys for C & G and stopped at the Family Clothesline to buy a sweatshirt for Lea (who thought that 5 layers weren't quite enough). While at the clothesline we bought some new sweatshirts for the kids. At some point along the line we managed to swing by the HUB and Old Main.
Afterward we headed to the Corner Room for dinner.
After dinner we headed back to the clothesline to get a sweatshirt for me, because it turns out a long sleeve T-shirt and a regular T-shirt weren't going to cut it. Thankfully we didn't need to buy ponchos (we had already bought some in Brockway) because there were none to be had in Happy Valley.
With a good dinner in our stomachs, warm sweatshirts on our bodies, and cheap clear ponchos on top of those, we headed up to the stadium. We ended up getting to the stadium sometime around 6:30. Since it was raining and a long time before kick off, we headed into the Bryce Jordan Center. We were just looking to keep warm and get out of the rain, but it turns out that we stumbled into the Tailgreat, where the Blue Band performs before the show.
We snapped a self-portrait while we waited:
When we finally went over to the stadium, we hung out underneath for a while and took another there:
The game itself, was a soggy, soaking, bone-chilling disappointment.
Enough said. I was happy to get on a dry shirt when it was over, but still very sad...
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Good pictures from a rainy day. State College would have been perfect for football yesterday.
Oh my goodness...they look so adorable in their Penn State attire! I just ordered Rachel's new Ohio State cheerleading outfit as she outgrew last years. We are doing OSU family pics in two weeks:)(hubby and I both attended college there) ...I always enjoy looking at your photos:)...Lori & Rachel
What a cruddy day. I enjoyed reading about your adventures, though. Don't you just LOVE going back to State College? So much has changed in the relatively short time since we've left, but so much has stayed the same, too. And you've always gotta hit the Family Clothesline to stock up on some new PSU gear for the whole family! They've gotten more expensive, though, haven't they? Remember when they were just that hole-in-the-wall place back when we were there? Now they're all fancy and stuff. Anyway...I'm glad you two got to spend the day together without the kiddos (and I'm glad to see they were still sporting their Lions gear back in Brockway -- we were wearing ours here in Blandon while Daddy was at the game too). For the glory!
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