Make A Wish Foundation and Tony Hawk

We took the Jetta down to Seattle to meet up with Ben and his family. Ben was nominated to the Make a Wish Foundation and when asked his wish he replied I want to meet Tony Hawk. This is where Ben and I are similar. We like skateboarding. Like Ben, I started skateboarding at the tender age of 6. I think I was the only skateboarder in Terrace at that time. I did skate ramps, pipes but mostly street and downhill. I even competed. I did win one competition (I was the only entry).

Yesterday, Seattle was beautiful. Not to hot and no rain. We all took a walk through pikes market. The original starbucks was great and so was the gum wall. I had to haul James away from the wall.

The Tony Hawk event, where Make A Wish set up to met Tony Hawk, was his Boom Boom Huck Jam event. Ben and his family were VIPs and went back stage to meet personally with Tony. They asked him questions and got autograph's and pics with Tony. Ben was star struck and didn't say or do much except stare. It was a great experience for him.

The huck jam was alright. Didn't know if I was at a Tony Hawk thing or a commercial for t-mobile. So much corporate presence that it took away from the show. Tony Hawk was aweseome. He still has it. Can he skate a pipe. Wow.

It was a busy day, but Patti and I were really happy to see Har, Terri and the kids again. We enjoy being with them and especially with this special time for Ben, it was special to see it all happen.

We got home quite late and they are still in Seattle planning to have dinner on the top of the space needle.