Youngest son Hal is a season ticket holder for the Bengals and managed to grab tickets for the Cincinnati team's first playoff victory in 31 years...that game, at home in Paul Brown Stadium, a win over the Las Vegas Raiders, took the monkey off the "Bungals" backs and gave the fans of the young team some hope for a Super Bowl appearance in the next couple of seasons...the upset victory at top seeded Tennessee the following weekend gave rise to "Why Not Us, This Year?" in the Ohio River City...
Hal calls and wants to know if I want to go to the Championship AFC game...well my response was ..."Perhaps KC but not Buffalo"...Buffalo was out...lousy weather, crazy, vile, fans, and the fact that they would require "Proof of the Jab" for COVID was a non starter for both of us...however the Chiefs pulled that crazy game out in a comeback and in Overtime, and we were thinking it could be in the cards.
Tickets would be costly, the Hotels? Not so much for us, as Hal's brother-in-law works for a Major Chain, and we would get 3 nights, one on the way in Terre Haute and two nights the weekend in downtown KC...so we decided to make a go of it. It ended up with just us 2 as one buddy of Hal's came down with COVID, so off we went of Friday evening ...staying in Indiana late Friday and heading west on Saturday AM...
Hal, after some hits and misses, got a pair of tickets lower upper deck on the 15 yard line...$500 each...ouch! But nothing compared to what they would go for Nose Bleed seats, right up to game time.
Parking was expensive at the game, $60 and a half mile from the stadium, but no way in Hell were we paying $150 to be close...it would still take hours after the game to get out...All in all of course it was worth it...The Bengals down 21-3 in the early second quarter came roaring back and pulled the upset off in Overtime and will play the LA Rams in Super Bowl 56 this Sunday evening..."Who Dey"?
Ribs and More...
Kansas City is famous for it BBQ Rib Joints...we took in 2 of those, Q39 on Saturday Afternoon, and Jack Stacks after the game on Sunday Evening...
Q was the winner, both were good, but Q39 had Ribs like I've never grilled or even tasted, and the Wings were just as excellent...All in all, a somewhat expensive weekend, dropping around a grand, but with the wings, time with the youngest son, and the Bengals coming out on top, it was worth it...IF the Bengals can finally win a Super Bowl this Sunday, it would top off a grand season, if not, it will still have been one Hell of a ride, and with the young QB Joe Burrow, and the youngest team in the NFL, the sky is the limit...
Below are the Q39 fare...I admit I ate a bit to much and paid the price overnight, the Tums were not enough, but it was worth the discomfort...
Q39 Ribs and Wings
Back Later>>>
