After going to the bank, I picked up Richard for lunch. We first tried a "Jake's Wayback Burger" that just opened in his town. However, the wait was too long for Richard's taste. So we moved on.
We tried a 2nd new burger place in town, BGR the burger joint. It turned out to be a bit more expensive than Jake's but Richard seemed to really like it. They use a tasty, buttered sesame seed bun and fresh beef. We also tried the fries (but nothing too special about them).The inside was kind of cheap and simple - sort of like "Five Guys." These burgers, while more expensive than a fast food place, definitely taste a lot better.
The sodas were expensive ($2) but they have a new, high tech soda machine (Freestyle). You can get a lot of different flavors. Richard got Mr. Pibb and I got Fanta Orange (I passed on grape, cherry, lime, etc.).
AN EXCITING FINISH
Today was also the last home football game at Richard's high school (next week we play away at our cross town rival). Richard wanted to volunteer again to help at the refreshment stand. It was a beautiful day for football: sunny, pleasant temperature (50-60F).
We got to the field about a half hour before kickoff. Richard worked at the stand along with his friend Micah. Somehow, I ended up helping again with grilling the hot dogs. I helped out a couple (Joe & Claire) whose son is a freshman and plays in the pep band. We sold close to 200 dogs.
This time we paid attention to the game since both teams had identical records; the winner advances on the route to the playoffs. There wasn't much scoring and the game was tight. In the 4th quarter with about 6 minutes to go, our team scored a touchdown but failed on the extra point to make the score 14-13 in favor of the visitors. However, we got the ball back with about 2 minutes to go and marched down the field and scored with about 24 seconds remaining and ran to get the extra 2 points to make the score 21-14. And that's how it remained.
