Aces Bowl XVII

Holy cow I can't believe we've had 17 of these things. Nuts. This one was in Athens, Georgia. Greg came through big and hooked us up with accommodations since his boss (Rick) is a big UGA fan and has a "cabin" about 30 minutes from the stadium. So we all stayed there.

Now this cabin is anything but. It has like 6 bedrooms, 2 fireplaces, a full kitchen, 2 living rooms, and sits on a pristine private lake in the middle of 800+ acres of land. It didn't suck.

Rick the owner stayed with us and he is a terrific guy. He cooked us food, set us up with golf, and played Mexico (a great dice game) with us late into the night.

On Friday morning we played golf at Reynolds Plantation which was a great, albeit difficult, course.

Then Rick took us on a tour of his property which spans some 800 plus acres as mentioned. It was a pleasant evening as the jeep motored through the woods and meadows.

The next day was gameday. Rick's son, Jason, met up with us to go to the game. He was a cool kid who had set up our attendance at a tailgate with his friends. We picked up some southern BBQ on the way to be our contribution. It was a lot of fun, and especially unique as we were close enough to the bars that we went bar hopping mid-tailgate.

The game was good times too as the Dawgs played Kentucky on Senior Day. We had great seats (booked by yours truly!) and most of the early touchdowns happened right in front of us! Unfortunately, the Georgia star QB, Aaron Murray, tore his knee during the game which will hurt his draft status for sure.

Georgia crushed them so the home fans (which included us for that day) went home happy.

All in all it was another great trip for the boys and one we will remember fondly.

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