We captured this odd looking selfie with Chris Graham, Linda Carter, Chris Carter, myself, and some grandchildren on the verge of becoming frozen.
To set the stage for this moment, Linda and I had flown from Orcas Island to Detroit, Michigan, for the Duke University Bowl game against Northern Illinois. Spoiler – Duke won the Motor City Bowl, but it was -1° outside that night. But that game was played indoors !!!!!!!
Instead of flying back out, we headed to Annapolis for the Military Bowl between Virginia and Navy. Our son, also Chris, made the drive up with two of our grandchildren so we could see them before going back West.
Chris Graham was there but up in the Press Box, where the windows were freezing over. Virginia returned the opening kickoff for like a 100-yard TD before Navy ran off 49 unanswered points.
We all spent the entire halftime break trying hard to meet up, even if for just a brief moment, and that only happened because both Graham and I were determined to get together after 10 minutes of trying.
This next photo is from the hotel room that we rented in hopes of thawing out after the game. The other Chris went back upstairs and shivered his way to a game story, a tough write that day for two reasons. First, the score and second, getting your fingers to work correctly in those conditions.
There will be plenty of sightings about the Grahams throughout this book as we teamed up a number of times over the years. I’m not sure how the Ice Bowl selfie captured the lead, maybe because of the amount of determination it took to create it !
