Last week on the 4th of July Derrick and I started the day by heading to the US Open with our friends Travis and Claire. The US Open is a yearly frisbee tournament (well...this is the 2nd year) and it brings all of the top teams from the previous year and some international teams to play in one gigantic 4 day tournament. Last year the the US Open was in Colorado and this year it was right here in Raleigh! It was so awesome to have such a big event in our backyard. Travis and Claire had never seen a really high level ultimate game so it was fun to bring them along and show them what all the hype is about. We spent the morning at the US Open and then had a very laid back evening watching fireworks off of our back deck.
Friday night we had an unexpected game night with CK and Irene! Nikki and Justin joined us and my parents and Jack showed up as well! We hadn't seen Irene and CK since Christmas and it was so exciting to have them back in town. Mom, Dad, and Jack had just finished a vacation up in Virginia and stopped by for the night so that Jack could watch some of the US Open with us on Saturday. Saturday was the first round of the Semi Finals and some of these games were even televised on ESPN 3. The local men's team Ring of Fire made it to the semis game and just barely missed on finals with a score of 14-13.
That's a picture taken during the Ring game. Check out the nice turf fields and scoreboard. Ultimate is getting big time! It was so fun to watch our home team playing in this kind of arena and in the public eye. They'll beat them next time!
Sunday, Derrick and I decided to watch the finals games from home since it was a 30 minute drive to the fields and Ring wasn't in it anymore. It was just as cool of an experience to watch ultimate on TV. I hope it leads to more broadcasting and the sport starts getting more recognition.
Overall it was a great 4th of July weekend. I'll try to post more frequently in the coming week!
Thanks for letting us crash the party! Love ya! Mom
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