Gettin' Old in Ohiopyle

On Tuesday June 16th as the Phillies bullpen gave up 5 runs in the 10th inning, I quietly turned 40 years old. Two weeks earlier however I had a birthday cavalcade fit for a rock star. In the hills and hollers of Western Pennsylvania's river country my wife and I gathered our friends and family for a good ol' fashioned backyard birthday party. I really couldn't have been more pleased with the turnout and the overall good vibe of the weekend. I put together a slide show of some of the pictures of the day. If you want to see it in HD, hit the HD is Off button and it will route you off the blog and to the Vimeo site. Along with my photos, I've included some great shots from my cousin AJ. All his shots could be seen here. A site with my images can be seen here.

As I stood on the sidelines of the 4 court round-robin bean bag tournament with my family and friends, Beach Music blasting and a Yuengling in hand, I told someone that this might be what Jimmy Heaven looks like. Yeah, if you build it, they will come. I'd like to thank everyone for coming both near and far to our gathering. I requested mustaches in lieu of gifts so thanks for them, I didn't expect it to be such an androgynous showdown. I laughed all weekend and even more over the last two weeks looking at the pictures. Thanks also for the gifts and kind words regarding the weekend. The common thread among all the calls, emails and texts since then was how much people enjoyed the other people there. Kristen and I are so fortunate that our families and many circles of friends have found such common ground over the years. Divine Yoda-type-wisdom has mostly eluded me over my 40 years here, but the one thing I have found is that good people find good people. The whole Paddler's Lane location was a perfect case and point. We found this place online and hoped for the best. We couldn't have done better.

Thanks again to everyone.

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