Quick Trip to Portland

Pictures: Trey, Dad, and I at the get to know the competition dinner, Trey and the rest of the shooters from Idaho, Cheryl, Trey and I after our bowling outing.
I made a quick trip to Portland this last weekend with my dad, Trey and Cheryl for Trey's Regional Elks Hoop Shoot free throw contest. Stacie had to stay home because she had appointments she had made already. We left about 10:00 on Friday morning and drove straight there with only a quick fill up stop. When we got there Trey had a get to know your competition dinner activity which was fun for the kids but the food was pretty weak. Saturday morning we had a breakfast and headed straight over the Concordia University to get the free throws going. Shooters from Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Alaska were there competing, so there was a pretty good crowd. To get to this regional tournament, Trey had won at his school, in the school district, in southwest Idaho, and then at State in Kellog Idaho a few weeks ago. He averaged about 23 out of 25 in his past competitions but unfortunately in Portland, we was off the mark a little bit and finished in 4th place. We're still pretty dang proud of him for making it that far and we had fun on that trip. After the free throw shooting we went downtown and shopped for a little while, then went bowling where I cleaned house. Dad couldn't play because of his hip surgery but he was getting around a lot better. Cheryl tried to make it close but I held my ground. Then we went out, got some pizza and headed back to the hotel to get some sleep. We had to get up and leave realy early though so I could be back early enough to go to Idaho City with Stacie and and the in laws (which made for a very long weekend but I had a ton of fun!)