kylehutson Posted February 12, 2020 Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 Does anybody else just love scraping the snow off their car before heading out for their first game of the season? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPblue Posted February 12, 2020 Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 Still on schedule? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylehutson Posted February 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 Yep. It's about 75 miles away and on the other side of the snow line. Supposed to be 41 and sunny at game time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderheads Posted February 12, 2020 Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 WHOA!!!!! 75 miles each way? Better pay me FORTUNE to do that crap in 41 degrees! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylehutson Posted February 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 That's actually the closest JuCo to my house. I go to the same town for high school games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderheads Posted February 12, 2020 Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 1 minute ago, kylehutson said: That's actually the closest JuCo to my house. I go to the same town for high school games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man in Blue Posted February 12, 2020 Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 @kylehutson knows this ... but welcome to the Midwest! Driving is a part of the game. We don't get to live our lives in a 20-minute/mile radius. Up to this year, I traveled regionally quite a bit for work. I would pick up games as much as two hours away from home, but only because I was there for work. This year I won't be travelling for work, but my radius will still be about an hour (unless I want to see the same few teams all the time). We have about a month to go before HS starts here, but speculation is we will be seeing the same weather. We're supposed to get up to 4 inches of snow today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderheads Posted February 12, 2020 Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 22 minutes ago, The Man in Blue said: @kylehutson knows this ... but welcome to the Midwest! Driving is a part of the game. We don't get to live our lives in a 20-minute/mile radius. Up to this year, I traveled regionally quite a bit for work. I would pick up games as much as two hours away from home, but only because I was there for work. This year I won't be travelling for work, but my radius will still be about an hour (unless I want to see the same few teams all the time). We have about a month to go before HS starts here, but speculation is we will be seeing the same weather. We're supposed to get up to 4 inches of snow today. I utilize my Arbiter account to place travel limits ....and starting last year I limited my travel to 50 miles from work which dramatically helped my commute stress 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylehutson Posted February 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 If I set my limit at 50 miles, that would limit me to 10 high schools and 0 colleges (except the D1 university I work at for my day job) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchAngel72 Posted February 12, 2020 Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 MY GOD,,, And I worry if my game is 35 min from my work which is actually 8 minutes from my house LOL Damn.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man in Blue Posted February 12, 2020 Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 I am fortunate that I am in a "larger" city centrally seated, so that opens up a little bit. However, a 50 mile radius for many of my counterparts would be similar to Kyle's situation. We have entire counties that only have one high school in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umpstu Posted February 12, 2020 Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 4 hours ago, kylehutson said: Does anybody else just love scraping the snow off their car before heading out for their first game of the season? I hate it, but then I realize it will be in the 70's with nothing but sunshine and I'm ok. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylehutson Posted February 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 I've driven over 150 miles to go to my kids' Friday night football game - not a playoff, just "a game". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylehutson Posted February 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 BTW... Forecast was wrong. It was 35, breezy, and occasional snow pellets. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aging_Arbiter Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 Puck That (Ice Hockey pun intended) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man in Blue Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 7 hours ago, kylehutson said: BTW... Forecast was wrong. It was 35, breezy, and occasional snow pellets. :-( So ... short sleeves or light jacket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylehutson Posted February 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 6 hours ago, The Man in Blue said: So ... short sleeves or light jacket? You misunderstood. I'm from Kansas, not Canada 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yawetag Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 6 hours ago, kylehutson said: You misunderstood. I'm from Kansas, not Canada So ... black or camo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aging_Arbiter Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 blaze orange even Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylehutson Posted February 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 15 hours ago, The Man in Blue said: So ... short sleeves or light jacket? I appreciate your misplaced confidence in my heartiness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man in Blue Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 No, no, no ... Canadian is either flannel or denim ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvumpire1984 Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 my farthest drive this spring is 200miles one way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylehutson Posted March 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 I drove 262 miles one-way last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umpstu Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 On 2/12/2020 at 2:54 PM, kylehutson said: I've driven over 150 miles to go to my kids' Friday night football game - not a playoff, just "a game". I've driven from SoCal to Cape Cod to umpire, but it was great ball. I've also driven 300 miles to umpire crappy ball. A roll of the dice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 My longest drive on the schedule as of now is 226 miles for a D2 weekend. The distance between the two most-distant schools is 700 miles and I'm located close to the middle on the shortest route between the two, so I fully anticipate that could change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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