Day 1 of the "Galpin Fundraising Roadtrip Version 2.0":  I (Tom) dropped Ruth off at the airport and the ridiculous hour of 5:00 am.  Why flights leave that early I have no idea.  I then cleaned the house and packed the car for the drive down to Chattanooga, TN.  With a little traffic and a short (suprise) stop in Nashville for my sister Carrie, I arrived just in time to play a pick-up soccer game.

As I can tend to make foolish decisions, I didn't stretch a bit but rather put on my shorts and cleats and diretly ran out to play.  (I'm still not used to this "getting old" thing).  After driving all day and playing ulitimate frisbee the night before, 40 minutes of poor play was all my legs could take.  The pain and ache was too much to go on and every touch I had on the ball was reminiscent of junior high days. 

Alas, Kiko and Vincent played the wonderful hosts for me (of whom I forgot to take pictures of).