"War Eagle!" Moment

Yes...I've wondered what life will be like come September 4th when Mom and Dad are sitting in those seats ("those seats" have a whole new meaning if you know where they are located) and I am not! Fall equals football in the south...which is where I no longer live. Will I be able to survive an Auburn football season without attending a single game? I guess that remains to be seen.

Anyway...since I enjoy traveling outside the state of Alabama, I have often prided myself on "War Eagle" moments. These are sightings of a shirt, hat, bag, bumper sticker, tattoo (OK..maybe not) in which I can say "War Eagle!" to that person. Sometimes the person lights up with excitement and says, "War Eagle" back...and sometimes they look at me as if I were a little off my rocker. Either way...it makes me happy to see "my peeps" out and about in the world.

So...as we were driving to the Farmer's Market on Saturday (which will require its own post later)...I saw this car! It was from Georgia and had an Auburn sticker on the back (How 'bout that Tim Watson?)

I quickly yelled, "Hey, War Eagle!" which scared Marc since he was driving and had his eyes where they should be...on me, right? No...no...on the road of course. So I pulled out my camera and snapped a few shots. I figured it wouldn't be safe to ride up beside them and honk the horn or follow them to their destination in order to have my "moment". I'm sure they appreciated this sentiment as well.

I would like to put a disclaimer on this sighting...it happens to be my second "War Eagle" moment since arriving here in the Springs. The other occurred as I was driving around a very windy road and saw a guy with an Auburn shirt on below me. "Below me" means about a 100 feet down...a cliff of sorts. There were two other Auburn grads in the car with me (Hey Merrills!), so I was able to share the moment with two people who actually care. No picture was taken because of obvious safety reasons...see Mom...I do take all those, "Bye, be carefuls." seriously.

War Eagle from Colorado!