Final Days of Summer 2010

Trafton B.

September 26, 2010 - 9:48 AM

They say that summer is the weekend of the year. If that's the case then this weekend was effectively the last weekend of the last weekend of my life. After today I'll begin my senior year of college, followed by graduation in the spring and entrance into the "real" world where apparently they don't believe in summer breaks, or so I've heard.

These sorts of realizations bring new meaning to an old, favorite movie quote of mine:

My friends and I are never ones to dwell on the dull side of life, so we've been spending the past few days celebrating rather than sulking and waiting for classes to start. Thankfully the sunshine came out for once last taste of summer this weekend.

Friday, after our semi-failed camping excursion, Winston, Steven and I squeezed in one last quick trip to the Westmoreland disc golf course on 18th Street. Despite not playing much over the summer I managed to shoot +2 with a birdie on the 9th hole. Makes me wish that I put a wager down on the round. Loser buys the winner an Arizona Iced Tea?

Then we headed to Washington Park for an afternoon of field sports with the girls. Tossing around the Frisbee, heaving the Vortex and then playing some two-on-two touch football. The guys are starting an intramural flag football team in the fall, and after throwing the ball around on Friday we realized that we need a lot more practice if we're going to make an impact on our Men's D-3 (non-competitive) league.

Yesterday we felt ambitious enough to drive over to the Triangle Lake rock slides in the afternoon. It was probably 10° cooler than I'd have like it, but it certainly was a refreshing way to spend the afternoon. You might not be able to see from the picture above but the rockslides are tucked away beneath a tall forest, which means that the sun doesn't always shines through to slides. We managed to find a few rocks in the sun and huddled together for warmth.

Then, we hustled back in time to see the Beavers lose and the Ducks win. It wasn't the most graceful wins we've had this year but it's still a victory. Now we're gearing up for next Saturday's showdown versus Stanford at Autzen Stadium. I'm stoked! And apparently the Pac-10 is turning some heads across the football nation. ESPN GameDay will be back at Autzen on Saturday morning. I think it's safe to say that this will be the best game we see in Eugene this season.

Speaking of Oregon football, I need to answer the question of the week from last week's GameDay post. After the Ducks' offense scored 69 points on eleven scoring drives, the Duck pumped out 422 pushups.

That'll do, duck. That'll do.