September 10, 2005 - Navy vs Stanford Football Game
This isn't related to flying but we had such a great day that I thought I'd put it in.  The U.S. Naval Academy played Stanford University at Navy-Marine Memorial Stadium.  My Dad is a Stanford Aluminus and has had seasons tickets to the Stanford games for years.  I'm a Naval Academy grad so when they put this game on the schedule four years ago, we started planning for it.  The two teams havn't played in 50 years or something like that. 

So the day finally arrived.  We had perfect weather for it.  Navy's stadium has just been recently renovated and you can see they did a great job.  This is the stadium about four hours before kickoff.
Of course, half of the fun is the tailgate party!  We had about 25 people, family and friends, and ate well and drank well before the game.
The time flew by and all to soon it was time to head into the stadium to see the "march-on".  All 4,400 Midshipmen march onto the field in company formation. 
After a few cheers and the national anthem, they rush to their seats. 
The game itself was very exciting.  Both teams played well.  There was lots of scoring including a kick-off return.  The final was Stanford 41, Navy 38. 
 
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