Welcome Friends

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Football season is just around the corner, in fact, let the countdown begin. Fall Camp is in 37 days. It is not too early to start planning your trips. We have a home game first with Washington on September 4. We are trying to put together a tailgater for our families. There are many different governing bodies so keep your fingers crossed. We are making some progress but still have more work to do to get us a spot. After Washington, we are off to Air Force and Florida State. I have gathered some information on those locations. I don’t claim to be the travel know-it-all so please let me know any information or recommendations that you would like to share. We are in this together.

Air Force/Colorado Springs: My Brother lives there so these are some of his recommendations. (I don’t always listen to my brother so you don’t have to either. ) Remember-These are just ideas. You can check out their website: http://www.goairforcefalcons.com/index-main.html

Fun sites to see: Garden of the Gods, Manitou Springs, Pikes Peak

Places to eat: Rudy’s http://www.rudys.com/SearchResults.aspx?q=all ,

Distance from Denver Airport-abt. 50 minutes

Distance from Colorado Springs Airport-20-30 minutes

Team Staying at Cheyenne Mountain Resort

Florida State/Tallahassee: I talked with Carol Moore, Director of Operations in the football office. Here are some of her suggestions. http://www.seminoles.com/sports/m-footbl/fsu-m-footbl-body.html

Close hotels to stadium:

Double tree Hotel-101 S Adam Street-less than a mile

Hotel Duval- 415 N Monroe-About a mile away

Courtyard-1018 Apalachee Parkway- about 1.5 miles away

Team Staying at Holiday Inn and Suites-2725 Graves Rd.

Places to eat: Po’Boys, Famous Dave’s

Distance from Tallahassee Airport to stadium-6-8 miles

Distance from Jacksonville to Tallahassee-181 miles

Distance from Birmingham to Tallahassee-248 miles

Distance from Orlando (home of my missionary) to Talahasee-257 miles-(Check out our face book. Linette Chambers is putting together a bus from there. )

We are planning a family get-together on August 5. I will be posting more information soon.

Don’t forget to check our blog often for more upcoming spotlights on players and families. Thank you Sara and Terence.

The BYU Football Parent Guide came out this week. If you didn’t receive it, call Shirley. It has lots of great information.

Until then, I hope all of you are enjoying your summer. It has finally arrived in Utah.

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Hello BYU football families. Welcome to our "Cougar Pride" blog. Our hope is to enrich our collegiate experience by bringing our families closer together. We want to get to know you better and look forward spotlighting different families in our Den.