Patterson Reunion
Tuesday July 5
We tried paint ball at a place in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Although
some came in camouflage gear and had their own guns, most of us were
new to the sport. Great Dave and Lucie took care of Owyn Lucy while the
rest played. Yeah!
Fourteen of us played, and we tried to split up the camouflage people
to balance the teams. John, Julie, Paul, Alissa, Dave, Zackary, and
Lyle were on the red team and Don, Pat, Brian, Melissa, Sue, Linda, and
Grand Dave were on the white team. Note the age difference of the
teams. As expect, the younger team dominated capture the flag. Many
people came in assuming they would play one game and leave, but
everyone stayed for all seven games, despite the welts on just about
everyone. There was a lot of running outdoors and yelling and shooting,
and it was a lot of fun. All players want to do it next year.
Since perhaps only half of the time when you were hit by the paintball
did it leave a splat, next year we may bring our own paintballs. In
addition, as the private paint guns were an advantage, I suspect that
many of us will have a paint ball gun on our Christmas lists for next
year.
That evening we went to see "War of the Worlds," and I think we gave it
30 thumb’s ups.
David, Zack, and Owyn had such a good time that David asked his company
for a few more days of vacation, so they were able to stay the whole
week for the first time.
