Well for this year's BarCon the whole family took it's first plane trip since the little one arrived. Luckily for a first go it was only up to Portland. The trip up went smooth with just a minor fuss but nothing major.
We went up on Tuesday, August 26th. We dropped by my old office to show off the little man to my old co-workers and to have lunch with Nancy. Everyone loved Funky Town, thanks Uncle Bar for the nickname! After that we left to go stay with Grandma and Grandpa L down in Sheridan. We had a good visit for a couple of days.
On Thursday we had a family photo set with my Brother-in-law (BIL) and family, Grandma and Grandpa L, and Great Grandpa Cliff. It was a nice photo shoot and some good pictures were taken. (note: when we get some ordered I'll scan and add to the post) The wife took me over to BarCon and she continued on to my BIL's house.
The wife and kid stayed at her Brother's for a couple nights then swapped over to our friend Dawg's house for the rest of our visit.
BarCon as usual was a blast and a good time to catch up with folks both known old and new. This year's theme was The Good, The Bad and The BarCon. So many games came out with Western motif's along with some bales of hay for seating out in the garage gaming room. Friday morning was the Disc Golf tournament ("Flying Buffalo Chip"), which for the second year in a row I had a good start but faded quick! As one competitor let me know for the rest of the weekend. No names now but you know who you are. Then it was back for more games leading up to yet another year of Befferdy. Was this the year for me to claim back my rightful crown as undisputed Befferdy Champ? Well with the help of Wilson, along with a side of help from Unc, we eeked out the Victory in order to avenge my lone loss from last year! In your face Mr. Bar!!! Later that night the wolves came out to play.....not just any wolves but Werewolves. Werewolf is a great group game that you should check out if you've never played before. It's also a BarCon Icon! Saturday brings the biggest day of gaming with games all day. For the second straight year the Wilson kids hosted a Battleball tournament. I had a good showing for once but was knocked off by the biggest cheese of them all...Big Tim! After more gaming it was time for one of the biggest events in BarCon history the 4th Annual BarCon No Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament. This year in final heads up play it was Gene Gene the Gnome Stompin Machine (WoW reference couldn't help myself) versus Big Game James with Big Game pulling out the Victory! Sunday started off with the fun run ("Stagecoach Robery") like usual I didn't participate, what a surprise, but I did help out with doing timing and taking some, hopefully, killer video! After that it was game time until the big BBQ to wrap BarCon all up.
For me I hit a wall when my son showed up. I wasn't prepared for how much I was actually going to miss him. That on top of having to say goodbye to my long, long time friend Bar was a bit much emotionally for me. Had to get out of there. But unfortunately I didn't get to say goodbye to Kong but did make amends by calling from the airport on the way home.
After BarCon we stayed with our friend the Dawgs Sunday and Monday night. Dawg and I caught the move Dark Knight and it lived up to all the hype. One of the rare sequel better then original movies.
So Tuesday morning we flew back home. We had a slight melt down on the flight but luckily again nothing too bad compared to what we had prepared ourselves to go through. Hopefully this bodes well for our Hawaii trip.
Well until next years BarCon watch out for your Brains!
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Back From BarCon and Ready to....Unbox??
Well this past week I've been out of town at the BarCon!! It's a weekend where our group of friends (Beeners (nickname for the group of friends I've had for a long time. It's along the lines of the Goonies in Goonies) and others who are friends) gather at my friend Bar's hut for a long weekend of Gaming. This is the 4th year that BarCon has happened. Year one there was no real theme just BarCon. Year two it was Monster Menace (think Godzilla, Rampage and such). Year Three was Pirates and all things Pirate like. This year it was Close Encounters of the BarCon Kind. Well the weekend went down as follows:
Thursday Flew into town and met Bef at the airport say Hi Bef!!
Well after a quick stop at the Car rental where we got upgraded into a Rav4, which was actually quite spacious, we headed off to BarCon. B!'s navigation to BarCon was a little off in one area but we persevered and made it at last to the BarCon! Only to be greeted by this year's guest host:
Zelnak
For the rest of the evening we had drank some, people smoked, people gamed and most important of all people got in some Deck Chit-Chat. Deck Chit Chat is an unofficial event during BarCon that happens once or even multiple times. But one thing is clear what's said on the Deck stays on the Deck, well except for the neighbors we probably annoy! For dinner we have homemade grilled pizza and was it delicious as always when Kong and Bar tag team it!! *ding* *ding* *ding* Ladies and Gentlemen we have your Grilled Pizza Intercontinental Heavyweight Champions of the World!! I give you Bar and Kong!!! Well after some more drinking, gaming, smoking and chit-chat it's off to bed for everyone at the BarCon. This year I didn't get my deck bed but did get the coolest room in the Hut, oh did I mention that the Hut doesn't have A/C??
Friday I wake up to the stoke of the keyboard and an elbow if I'm not mistaken. Yep that's right our friend Bef is logging into the Realms to do some daily quests for rep. After the blowing up of eggs it was time for some break and then off to the BarCon Annual Frisbee Golf Tournament. Being as I'm not working this was my first year of enjoying BarCon all the way and the first time I got to play in the Tourney!! Unfortunately I haven't played in a while so I did alright for being so rusty. After the tourney we headed off for Wings and Poker/Trivia at a local wing joint. Hmmmmmmmm Wings!!!!!! Well then it was back to headquarters and time for some more gaming! After another night of eating, drinking, smoking, chit-chat and gaming it was off to bed but not too early.
Saturday I received multiple elbows to wake up to. And also throughout the day. For some reason there was a bounty placed on B! you got a 1,000 Space Bucks to drop the elbow. Oh well I just gave watts back and also some Elbow justice of my own!! LOL!! Well Saturday followed the same pattern as the previous days with gaming, eating, smoking and we can't forget the drinking. That is until the 3rd annual BarCon Texas Hold'em No Limit Tournament brought to you by BefBoda Enterprises. This year's final three, we give out medals and other prizes for finishing in the top three, featured two familiar faces. In 3rd place was last year's winner "The Big Cheese" Tim and in 2nd place moving up one spot was "Stonewall" Barsky!! We're already laying bets on the big Barbosky taking the title next year as he's been a constant at the final tables. We also give out prizes for being the first to leave and a hidden bounty prize.
Sunday was another round of waking up to Bef dailies and elbows galore. Also was the first annual Fun Run titled this year appropriately since everyone was surviving on minimal sleep, well everyone but one of us *nod* *nod* *wink* *win* you know who you are, "Sucking Vacuum" Fun run!! It was a mile and for those who did it they got a little rejuvenation while getting the old blood pumpin'. Then came the sad part of BarCon the BarB!Q where we wrap it all up by gorging ourselves on good quality grub, birthday cake (for the two little girls who's birthday's are close to BarCon) and of course the Auction for games and other misc items. Did you save up all your Space Bucks well time to put in a bid!! I got a super hard alien head puzzle game and alien head pen that lights up when you write.
Well Bye BarCon it was a great year!
For most people that was the end of BarCon and for me it was too but I got to stick around and help get the Clean up effort started on Monday while the shuttle services got Bef to his flight. I was staying a couple extra days to meet up with other friends I haven't seen since we moved down to California. Monday we took in the Transformer's movie so that Kong and Bar got to see it, it was the second viewing for me. It's not a great movie but is a good action film with lots of explosions and stuff. Good Time!! We also made it over to the sponsor of BarCon Rainy Day Games where I picked up the 5th expansion for Munchkin and some packs for a new game called Star Wars Pocketmodel TCG.
Tuesday I went to Fire on the Mountain,the best Wing place I've ever been to, with my friend Dawg. If you ever make it there you've got to try the Spicy Peanut sauce. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Then I made a quick stop off at the old office to drop off my keys and to say high to all my friends who are still there. It was a good visit to check up on folk and stuff. Then it was off to my friend Mike's house for dinner with his family and a good friend, and old boss/coworker, Robert. It was good evening just to sit and talk with friends and eat some good food. Then it was back to the Bar Hut for some shut eye.
Wednesday I met my Brother-In-Law (BIL) at Chipotle for some Lunch. Him and his family had just gotten back from our place down in California where they were visiting some family and friends including my wife and our new hut. He had some good things to say about the place and that was great to hear because I value his opinion very highly. Then after that it was a quick stop off at REI to pick up some new shoes as mine were starting to fall apart. Then off to the Airport. Man was that an adventure. 84 was backed up so I stayed on I-5 then that was backed up so I got off at an unfamiliar exit, can you say uh-oh!! Well I felt lost for the next 15 minutes until finally the road I was on looped back to where I thought it would go just off I-5. There were no issues with the flight so got home on time.
Man and what a good job my wife and BIL and family did unpacking tons of stuff and getting things setup. Great job you guys and thanks for helping her out greatly appreciated. Oh and Jere I got the TV up this morning just had to rotate it a little onto the narrow side and it was actually pretty easy to get up there. So that's one thing down. Well two if you count that I got all my books unpacked and into my bookcase. Hmmmmmm I don't seem to remember it being that crowded before. I have a shit load of books!! Oh well so I think based on what I've seen I've only got like 5 boxes to go through. Like I said they did an Awesome job while they were here.
Well that's all for now!
Thursday Flew into town and met Bef at the airport say Hi Bef!!
Well after a quick stop at the Car rental where we got upgraded into a Rav4, which was actually quite spacious, we headed off to BarCon. B!'s navigation to BarCon was a little off in one area but we persevered and made it at last to the BarCon! Only to be greeted by this year's guest host:
For the rest of the evening we had drank some, people smoked, people gamed and most important of all people got in some Deck Chit-Chat. Deck Chit Chat is an unofficial event during BarCon that happens once or even multiple times. But one thing is clear what's said on the Deck stays on the Deck, well except for the neighbors we probably annoy! For dinner we have homemade grilled pizza and was it delicious as always when Kong and Bar tag team it!! *ding* *ding* *ding* Ladies and Gentlemen we have your Grilled Pizza Intercontinental Heavyweight Champions of the World!! I give you Bar and Kong!!! Well after some more drinking, gaming, smoking and chit-chat it's off to bed for everyone at the BarCon. This year I didn't get my deck bed but did get the coolest room in the Hut, oh did I mention that the Hut doesn't have A/C??
Friday I wake up to the stoke of the keyboard and an elbow if I'm not mistaken. Yep that's right our friend Bef is logging into the Realms to do some daily quests for rep. After the blowing up of eggs it was time for some break and then off to the BarCon Annual Frisbee Golf Tournament. Being as I'm not working this was my first year of enjoying BarCon all the way and the first time I got to play in the Tourney!! Unfortunately I haven't played in a while so I did alright for being so rusty. After the tourney we headed off for Wings and Poker/Trivia at a local wing joint. Hmmmmmmmm Wings!!!!!! Well then it was back to headquarters and time for some more gaming! After another night of eating, drinking, smoking, chit-chat and gaming it was off to bed but not too early.
Saturday I received multiple elbows to wake up to. And also throughout the day. For some reason there was a bounty placed on B! you got a 1,000 Space Bucks to drop the elbow. Oh well I just gave watts back and also some Elbow justice of my own!! LOL!! Well Saturday followed the same pattern as the previous days with gaming, eating, smoking and we can't forget the drinking. That is until the 3rd annual BarCon Texas Hold'em No Limit Tournament brought to you by BefBoda Enterprises. This year's final three, we give out medals and other prizes for finishing in the top three, featured two familiar faces. In 3rd place was last year's winner "The Big Cheese" Tim and in 2nd place moving up one spot was "Stonewall" Barsky!! We're already laying bets on the big Barbosky taking the title next year as he's been a constant at the final tables. We also give out prizes for being the first to leave and a hidden bounty prize.
Sunday was another round of waking up to Bef dailies and elbows galore. Also was the first annual Fun Run titled this year appropriately since everyone was surviving on minimal sleep, well everyone but one of us *nod* *nod* *wink* *win* you know who you are, "Sucking Vacuum" Fun run!! It was a mile and for those who did it they got a little rejuvenation while getting the old blood pumpin'. Then came the sad part of BarCon the BarB!Q where we wrap it all up by gorging ourselves on good quality grub, birthday cake (for the two little girls who's birthday's are close to BarCon) and of course the Auction for games and other misc items. Did you save up all your Space Bucks well time to put in a bid!! I got a super hard alien head puzzle game and alien head pen that lights up when you write.
Well Bye BarCon it was a great year!
For most people that was the end of BarCon and for me it was too but I got to stick around and help get the Clean up effort started on Monday while the shuttle services got Bef to his flight. I was staying a couple extra days to meet up with other friends I haven't seen since we moved down to California. Monday we took in the Transformer's movie so that Kong and Bar got to see it, it was the second viewing for me. It's not a great movie but is a good action film with lots of explosions and stuff. Good Time!! We also made it over to the sponsor of BarCon Rainy Day Games where I picked up the 5th expansion for Munchkin and some packs for a new game called Star Wars Pocketmodel TCG.
Tuesday I went to Fire on the Mountain,the best Wing place I've ever been to, with my friend Dawg. If you ever make it there you've got to try the Spicy Peanut sauce. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Then I made a quick stop off at the old office to drop off my keys and to say high to all my friends who are still there. It was a good visit to check up on folk and stuff. Then it was off to my friend Mike's house for dinner with his family and a good friend, and old boss/coworker, Robert. It was good evening just to sit and talk with friends and eat some good food. Then it was back to the Bar Hut for some shut eye.
Wednesday I met my Brother-In-Law (BIL) at Chipotle for some Lunch. Him and his family had just gotten back from our place down in California where they were visiting some family and friends including my wife and our new hut. He had some good things to say about the place and that was great to hear because I value his opinion very highly. Then after that it was a quick stop off at REI to pick up some new shoes as mine were starting to fall apart. Then off to the Airport. Man was that an adventure. 84 was backed up so I stayed on I-5 then that was backed up so I got off at an unfamiliar exit, can you say uh-oh!! Well I felt lost for the next 15 minutes until finally the road I was on looped back to where I thought it would go just off I-5. There were no issues with the flight so got home on time.
Man and what a good job my wife and BIL and family did unpacking tons of stuff and getting things setup. Great job you guys and thanks for helping her out greatly appreciated. Oh and Jere I got the TV up this morning just had to rotate it a little onto the narrow side and it was actually pretty easy to get up there. So that's one thing down. Well two if you count that I got all my books unpacked and into my bookcase. Hmmmmmm I don't seem to remember it being that crowded before. I have a shit load of books!! Oh well so I think based on what I've seen I've only got like 5 boxes to go through. Like I said they did an Awesome job while they were here.
Well that's all for now!
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