The Happy Harper's: ~Tailgating, NFL game and Potluck~

WOW - we had SUCH a fun day today! Scott managed to get us some "cheap" tickets to see an NFL game. We had never been to see a football game before and since we were only about a half hour drive from Jacksonville, FL we thought this would be a good opportunity to go. The Jacksonville Jaguars were playing the Tennessee Titans. When we told Todd and Stephanie that we could get tickets they were excited to join us and said we MUST tailgate before the game. What a FUN thing to do - we found a parking lot about 15 mins away from the game, set up the BBQ on the back of the truck and had our hotdog lunch while overlooking the river - so beautiful!

There were people set up all around us - some with chilli, some barbequing, all with "drinks" and just sitting on their chairs on the sidewalk - quite funny!! Here is the chef cooking up our "dogs".

Is this not funny or what?

The game was held at the Ever Bank Field in Jacksonville, FL

The Jaguars had only won 1 game in the last nine, so the stadium was only about 1/2 full. It was SO much fun to be there!

There was this funny guy that was at the end of our row that yelled and "roared" in his very deep voice - the entire game!!! I think we must have watched him more than we watched the football - he was hilarious!!!

During the game they were tossing up necklaces and also t-shirts. I managed to "grab" one but almost trampled Stephanie and Parker in the process - sorry guys!!! It fit Scott, so he put it on. Then Travis caught one too and Todd promptly went over to him and offered him $5 for the shirt!!! Travis was pumped and Todd put on his new shirt :) SO FUNNY!

Our "friend" even went down to the glass and tried to get the crowd to do what he wanted them to do - cheering etc....

After all the losses the team had - they had a win today!!! Y A Y !!!

What an adventure!

The campground we are staying at is owned by this sweet Australian family who do a potluck every Sunday evening. They even changed the time from 5p till 6p so that we could make it. We arrived back from the game at 5.55p and went straight in for this amazing "buffet" Thanksgiving dinner. There were 33 people there and after the meal we were able to chat and get to know some of the people a little better.

There was turkey, ham, stuffing, mash, veggies, sweet potatoes, scalloped potatoes, macaroni and cheese, apple sauce, yams, corn, cranberry sauce, gravy, veggie tray and salads etc......Everyone had at least 2 helpings and many of the men had 3 !!