Like the weather, I've felt dull and dreary all day today, and I musn't have been the only one because there were only four of us for the morning training ride - five counting Howard who was riding mostly solo today. My legs felt like lead for some reason. Perhaps I'm still feeling the effects of Sunday's ride and the punishment doled out by Scott, or maybe it's just the chilly temps and grey skies. All I want to do is eat and sleep - hibernation instinct. It's supposed to rain tonight, and nobody is making any promises about what it will be like by tomorrow morning, so I'll have to play that one by ear.
The Sugar Bowl is today at 7 p.m. at the Superdome, which is a few blocks from the office. People have already started going home since the threat of game traffic is sufficient to get them off of work early. Hopefully it won't rain until late so that all of the folks who came to town for the game will have a chance to enjoy the Quarter after the game. Since LSU is playing, there should be a lot of cars, a lot of beer sold, and adequate hotel room availability. The Bowl is sponsored this year by Allstate Insurance, so the clever folks at Geico Insurance have hired two airplanes that are circling the 'dome with big Geico banners. That has to be driving the Allstate folks nuts! The Sugar Bowl was always fun for me when I was a kid. Before the Superdome, it was always held at Tulane's on-campus football stadium. Since we lived only a few blocks away, and there were essentially no parking facilities, everyone would park throughout the adjoining neighborhoods. The neighborhood kids, myself included, would sell parking spots in their driveways for the princely sum of $1, or even $2. By the time the game started we'd have filled up our driveway and the driveways of all of the neighbors too. Then we'd take our loot and walk over to the stadium and buy team pennants and souvenirs. Sometimes, when the game got down to the last quarter, the folks at the gates would let us in for free. I'm guessing they don't do that at the Superdome.
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