A trip to Los Angeles

After returning from our trip to Hawaii in May, the pool season's playoffs started. We may or may not have won a match, I don't really remember at the moment. I do remember that during the West Coast Challenge qualifying tournaments, I did win the Rising Star Tournament, which sent me to LA for the WCC. I convinced Dennis to come along with me, just to get out of the house for a few days. I took July 8 & 9 off as vacation from the office, and we drove to Simi Valley in southern California, where the tournament was going to be held. A friend of ours, Thom Moyer, rode along with us as he was playing in the tournament as well and didn't have a ride. It was a fun and memorable weekend, especially for Dennis. Just about everyone at the WCC knows me and a lot of the people also know Dennis. Everyone kept coming up to him all weekend long, telling him how much they enjoyed seeing him at one of the out of town WCCs. So when all was said and done, he was very glad I had convinced him to tag along (and watch me lose my two matches...oh well).