The official visit
Last weekend the bride and I went with Alden on his official visit to LSU. They put us up in a hotel right off campus. We met in the meeting room at Alex Box Friday afternoon and Skip Bertman, the legendary Hall of Fame coach, talked to the prospects and parents for about an hour. Then the baseball athletic trainer told us that he would handle all of our son's medical needs while they were at LSU. From a cold to Tommy John's surgery.
After that the boy's hosts came in and visited with the boys a few minutes and then.....it was kind of weird, the boys were told to get their things out of their vehicles and put it in the host's vehicles and they would take them to the restaurant and then the hotel. We met them at Mike Anderson's Seafood Restaurant. we ate well and visited with the coaches and each other.
Saturday we met some more of the staff and ate in the Champion's Lounge. They took us in the golf carts and dropped us off at our friend's tailgate. we tailgated until an hour before game time and then met up and went on the field for the LSU vs Miss. St. game. We took pictures and took in the pregame warm up.
We watched the game and then the boys left with their hosts and we went back to a tailgate and then walked Walk On's a local watering hole. We had a couple of drinks and walked to our hotel room. We slept late and had breakfast. We got Alden up and headed home. It took us about 15 minutes. lol We spent the day watching football and napping.
Enjoy the photos
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