Trip to Appleton August 2012 - Day Two

Meg and Lynne at the Kangaroostaurant.

Saturday was a big day, the day of the BOUT!  However it began is a rather low key way with a walk to downtown--about four blocks--to the Appleton Farmers Market.  Every Saturday it takes over two blocks or more of College Ave, the main drag through town.

It was a beautiful morning, sunny and even a bit cool.  We stopped for a late breakfast at the Kangaroostaurant, cookery on wheels.  It moves is location during the week and provides quite delicious meals.  We visited several of the booths and I got a lot of interesting photos.  The vegetables were displayed with great care.  Typically the onions were peeled and bunched as you can see here.  We stopped at an interesting shop that was selling semi precious stones with healing properties.  It was called Mystical Earth Gallery.  Meg made a purchase and actually kept her cynicism in check.  Maybe this had something to do with the fact that she was wearing her derby jersey and was promoting the evening's final bout of the season.  Who knows?  She did need to stop by one of the stands and make (buy) some fudge for the refreshment sales at the event.  View more photos of the farm market in the photo album.

Meg on the left with the jammer helmet.

We got back to the house and Meg and Lynne had to get ready for the bout.  Actually there were three bouts:  Meg's team, then the All Stars which is rankable team, and the night cap was a men's bout.  Lynne was serving as a NSO (Non Skating Official) for the second bout.  We drove to De Pere, about a half hour from the house.  While meg and Lynne got everything ready, I tooled around DePere in Mini Cooper convertible...the top was up, just before ask.  I got back to the venue for the warm ups and then meg's bout.  It was quite an experience, my first in person roller derby event....ah, I mean, bout.

Unfortunately Meg's team was not able to hold an early lead they built in the first period.  During the second period, I switched to video and got a couple of good clips.  The below is Meg breaking through the jam.  However the other jammer had gotten out first and ended it when Meg got out.  The was that Meg being a much faster skater than the other jammer would be able to pass her and score points.  There is strategy in every sport.


Take a look at the photo album of Meg's final bout.

Take a look at the video of Meg's grand slam.

Oh, and by the way, since everyone in derby seems to have a nickname, I am now known as Rooster since I am the father of Deviled Meg.