New Era Bowl 2007

Hello,

I know, I know, I've been slacking again. Sorry about that. But this time I have a bunch of pictures for you and plenty more to post if you want more.

Last month I had probably what will go down as one of the best trips of my life. Five of my buddies from college came out to Japan and we all got to play football. We stayed in Kobe, Japan, which is about a three hour ride on the bullet train from where I live. We played in the New Era Bowl in Osaka, Japan. Our team consisted of Japanese college all-star players. We were there as player/coaches. Our opponent was another all-star team with six players from the University of Hawaii. We practiced for one week before the game. Mornings we had to ourselves, afternoon practice, and evenings players from our team would take us out. We went non-stop the whole time. Running around doing everything we had time to do. I think we definitely made the best out of our time there.

The game was so much fun. I hadn't had that much fun since high school. I wish I could have prepared more, I didn't get many reps in practice 'cause had to let the other guys do something. But under the circumstances it was awesome. Oh, and we didn't win the game, but it really didn't matter. I had so much fun that week, traveling, practicing with the guys, going out with all the players, it just didn't matter. That damn game spoiled me though. Makes me want to play again. I got the itch now.

Well, I did say I had pictures and here they are. Just click this link and it should take you right there:
http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/azflash17/NewEraBowlTrip
It's not all the pictures from the trip, but I tried to include the big spots we traveled. We all shared pictures so I have over a thousand on my computer right now just from that week. If you guys want to see some more, I'll find some to throw up there.

Hope you enjoy the pics. Hope everyone is doing ok. Thanks for reading. Laugh, it feels good. Take care.

Later.