So, this post is about an event that happened nearly six months ago, but I've been busy. I'm working on catching up.
Anyway. Potlatch. This is currently one of my top 3 favorite things in life. What it is for the uninformed: a frisbee tournament that takes place in Redmond, Washington over/around 4th of July weekend. I was lucky enough to be invited two summers ago by my favorite Bears when they still lived in Richland, WA. That weekend was so fun, amazing people, amazing team, amazing tournament, and I got to visit Seattle for the first time.
My friend Rebecca took me on the whirl wind tour of Seattle, including Pike Place Market, and Puget Sound, along with the BEST Indian food I've ever had. Then the weekend started- we the Bear's showed up, the girls camped at the fields while the boys stated at Rebecca and Christophe's with the Bear (back when there was only one little Bear). It was a great weekend with lots of frisbee in it's purest form, Lorax trees, and so much love and fun for the game and my teammates it is hard to describe.
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| Pike Place Market required picture. I love this place. |
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| Love these two, and the story of Loopy and Sarah begins because of Susie. |
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| Team picture, Lorax love at first sight. |
One year later I got to do it all again, with some slight differences, but amazingness nonetheless. I was able to get Kyle to come with me, we did some hiking on the Olympic Penninsula, we went tidal pool hunting, and I managed to hurt myself before the point of the weekend- the frisbee- even started. I got to see Sarah again, which only cemented our soul mate status (at least in my book), see an old friend from Atlanta, whom I love and don't get to see enough, and again, play frisbee with some people that make me love the game and remind me why I like it so much, along with meeting MORE awesome people that I've remained friends with.
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| I love this kid. ATL y'all. |
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| Lorax camp sight- so easy to find, day or night. And honestly, the best one too. |
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| Glow stick ultimate! I on the hand decided to just make things with all the glow stick accessories. PURPLE! |
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| Post-tourney Monday Funday. Another Seattle must crossed off the tourist list. |
Fast forward to July 2014 and I was doing it again, only this time while working a 40 hour a week job and having pretty much just the long weekend to get out there, play three days for frisbee, and fly back. Spoiler: still totally worth it.
So my Potlatch 2014 experience started with a 6am flight across the country on Thursday, July 3. If you have to fly to Seattle and back in five days, 6am flights west are definitely the way to go. I got to Seattle about 11am, had a snafu with Hertz, which I irately and unsuccessfully called their customer service number about, and eventually got my car. I picked up my friend Gabby (from Dallas), and thankfully she hung with me while I pretty much began the process of losing my mind for the following four days. We went to the Indian place and stuffed our faces, then we ran to the nearest grocery store to get essentials, then off to the fields. Part of my team was already there, and I got to meet one of my teammates, Elodie, who also happens to be on the UT Women's Ultimate team, and I love her, as any good alumni should. The first day was much of the same as in previous- hanging with the Lorax, waiting for everyone to show up, looping the fields meeting people, dancing at moving dance parties, and finding old friends. I saw people from Atlanta, and one guy whom I used to play with back in our UT days. I had to force myself to stay awake for Sarah so we could slumber party all weekend, but it was worth it, and the night went on until I went to sleep in our tent, while at least 40 people were partying about five feet away. What can I say, it's my super power.
Friday morning rolls around, and due to time changes and the suana that we were sleeping in, I was bright eyed and busy tailed at 6am. Due to this, I was able to get coffee for the team (and fancy coffee for me), and I was ready to go for the day, as this picture shows:
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| Friday morning, when I had already been up for three or four hours. This is how I get paid back for buying stuff at the swag tent for teammates. Not inappropriate at all. |
I want to talk about the whole weekend, but really it all starts to blur together, especially with all the playing. It was a weekend of tutu's-playing in tutus! dream come true!- and crazy classic Kirby cheers, and lots of hanging out. There was a gin cart, and a new lorax tree, and night frisbee (which may be against the rules now... oops), just so many things. I completely let my crazy (but the fun kind) show by hanging out with Sarah all weekend, and I loved it- every freaking moment. I got both the amazing D-tutu (first game of the weekend) and the amazing O-tutu (last game of the weekend), and I just can't tell all the stories. BUT I do know that my red-eye home Sunday night/Monday morning was awful, and totally worth it, and I can't wait to do it again next year.
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| Big Orange Screw love, from one captain to another. |
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| Desert Lorax: best team at Potlatch, hands down. |
I apologize for the randomness and discombobulated-ness of this post, but that's also kind of the theme of this kind of a weekend too :)
Happy vaga-bonding
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