The Bus, the boy, and the Bucs fan
So how'd this picture happen... let's start at the beginning.
Melissa and I decided the best way to beat the heat this weekend was to escape it. So, we decided to head to South Lake Tahoe and who knows maybe we'd see some stars at the celebrity golf tournament. So we packed up Dominic in his finest Hawaiian onesie and headed out the door.
Our first stop was going to be somewhere for breakfast. Heading up highway 50, we see the Red Apple Cafe. Looks quaint, that's got to be fun right? Right?!?!?
Um... no. It was 85 degrees inside the place, the food took 40 minutes and even worse Dominic had what we affectionately like to call a poop-fountain. For you non-parents, that's when the poop travels all the way up and out the back of the diaper. That leaves his shirt as the last line of defense. It's not pretty.
Between the heat, the poor service and saying aloha to Dominic's Hawaiian shirt, the Red Apple Cafe left me with nothing but sour grapes. Needless to say, the trip was not starting off on the right foot.
Now we're well behind schedule but soon enough we're passing Heavenly, Harrah's and MontBleu. We park and head to the golf course.
As we're walking up, we immediately see Jerome Bettis and Sterling Sharpe through the fence. (Timeout. Here's what you need to know going forward. Melissa's brother, Enrique, is a huge Steelers fan. HUGE. There's a good chance he's wearing Steelers underwear as I type this). So, I take some pictures through the fence from about 30 yards away (not exactly close ups).
We go inside the course, buy our tickets and start our walk around. This is when the trip takes a huge turn. Two strangers see us with Dominic. They also had a baby with them and tell us that because we have him they'll give us their VIP passes to the clubhouse. WHAT?!?!?!
From this point on it was serious VIP status. Free food, free drinks, celebrity athletes everywhere. The captain of the Miracle on Ice hockey team, tells me what a cute baby we have. We sit next to Aaron Rodgers, Jerry Rice, Carrie Prejean. I even got the opportunity to shake the hand of Buccaneers star Ronde Barber (not especially friendly). I get a beer next to Oscar de la Hoya. It was crazy cool.
At some point, Jerome Bettis walks in and sits down. Melissa and I discuss whether we should approach him. Eventually, I convince her to take Dominic and ask him for a picture (look a woman with a baby is going to have a higher success rate than a guy dressed in Buccaneers gear). He says he'll come by before he leaves.
And then... poop fountain number two. I was sure that Melissa was going to be in the bathroom changing Dominic and The Bus would leave. Luckily, Bettis likes to eat (as you can tell from the picture).
Eventually, The Bus was done eating and got up to leave. Both Melissa and I were sure he had forgotten and would just leave. All of sudden, he comes to the table and says "you still want that picture?" Heck yeah!
I'm not sure if I said anything to him or even shook his hand. Whatever the case, he was such a nice guy it almost made me want to root for the Steelers (calm down Ricky, I said "almost").
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