Many, Many Road Trips

Ever been on a road trip where everything is left up to some one else and it all works out perfect, I was on one of those trips last week.

My youngest sister was a good athlete and it would follow that her sons are good hockey players, their Dad ( my sister's husband) probably had a lot to do with that, eh?

On what might be their youngest son's last game of junior hockey I decide to accompany them on a road trip to Calgary to see a couple of playoff games in the famous Saddle Dome.

One of the highlights of the trip was that their older son Zack is home from university and came on the trip too, what a great guy, tons of fun!

I also wanted an insight on Carson's four years in Calgary, being away from home. In my younger years, I could have won the world title as the most homesick kid ever, so I feel it was not easy to head off to Calgary, so how did he do it. Some day, long from now, I'll ask and find out.

Alas, it was not to be a "winning" weekend as "our team" lost both games. Hey, what the heck, it was a great weekend as I had met so many nice people on the trip and having Lena give up for room for me was a treat!

Hockey moms having hockey sons or daughters do double duty, they are there for their children to help in their everyday lives, then Mom's are there in their children's hockey lives, the nights are late, trips are long, roster cuts painful, game losses manageable, friendships made, painful memories lessen, fond memories blossom.