We left Tuesday night and spent the night with Lisa in Atlanta. I was sad leaving the boys. We got up early Wednesday and were at the airport by 7. Our flight was delayed because of the thunderstorms so we didn't leave until 10 but made it to West Palm Beach before 12. We rented our car and headed to Ft. Lauderdale. Cookie had a meeting at a hotel across from the beach so we walked on the beach. It was warm and windy. The sand was really gritty and kind of dirty. The beach was packed!
We decided to head down to South Beach for the Clemson pep rally. The traffic was horrible! Plus people drive crazy there! It took us forever to find a place to park, and we ended up in a sketchy garage. The beach was packed! The pep rally was kind of boring. The band and cheerleaders were there along with Taj Boyd.
South Beach is full of interesting people. It took us forever to get out and back to 95. We finally made it back to West Palm around 9:00, ate dinner, and stopped at a sketchy Publix for chicken salad. Eating chicken salad brings the Tigers good luck!
We got up early on Thursday and headed to Miami for the game. We got there by 10:00 and set up to tailgate. I was amazed at all of the people who drove to Miami with all of their tailgate gear! It was packed with orange like a home game! We walked around the stadium and got see the team arrive. My mom even got a picture of Deshaun Watson when he came over to talk to his mom.
We walked in the stadium about 3:00 and headed to our seats. Mom and I were 4 rows from the top! It was great because we could see everything, but it was a hike up there. It was also hot, but I loved every second of it! The temps were in the mid-80s, my favorite!
It was an awesome game! I was worried in the first half, but they came out to win in the 2nd half! The final score was 37-17! We made our way down to wear Cookie, TuTu, and Rivers were sitting to watch the trophy presentation. It was awesome seeing Dabo and the players so excited! It was fun watching them dance and sing the alma mater!
We tailgated out in the parking lot and then went looking for pizza. We got back to the hotel around 11:00' rang in the new year and ate pizza. We left for the airport around 6 Friday morning. We were back in Atlanta by 11:00. We made it home in time to get to Clemson and welcome the team back in the bitter cold! I hate cold weather!
We have seriously considered making the trip to Phoenix, but we can't justify $3000 for a 3 day trip plus losing pay because I don't have any more personal days because I used them for Disney. I hate to miss out on it. Clemson won the National Championship back in 1981! We will cheer them on from here and hopefully get to go to Clemson to welcome home the team!
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