Did someone say History repeats? Almost a year after to-date, things shaped up in such a way that I got an opportunity to be 1265 Lombardi Avenue in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Wondering what this address refers to? It’s The Holy Lambeau Field - the home of Green Bay Packers. What brought me here again is of far less significance but the time I got to spend in the premises of this legendary piece of land - often referred to as the Frozen Tundra during NFL commentaries - gave me a pleasant drive through memory lanes…

It was a very pleasant day - given the time of the year - with snow flurries giving near-perfect demonstration of Brownian motion. Few tens of steps around in this Spring-like weather brought me into the Packers Pro Shop: /me got myself couple of #4 jerseys, copies of Deanna’s book - Don’t Bet Against Me and a Patriots (small) helmet - (almost) all for decoration purposes. Banners/Flags of nine (yeah, NINE) NFL Championships along with three Super Bowls and few minutes I spent in Packer Hall of Fame took me way back in time. Wish I had more time to spend, for it’s well worth more than the $8 price tag. Seeing a bunch of Packers (Driver, KGB, Grant, …) in practice uniforms was yet another highlight of this trip. All these and the memories of being one of the 70,000+ fortunate souls that watched the game live on Nov 19, 2006, should I still say I had goosebumps all over? And unlike last time, I didn’t need to take pictures to make more memories.

As much as I love this game, spending a bit of time in learning about the history of the game has helped me enormously to appreciate many of the game/events as they happen. The day after I returned from this trip was the opening day of hunting season. While many brave fellas braved the cold weather hunting deer in the woods, their better halves showed up at the game with signs reading Shh Our Hubbies Think We Are Out Shopping, How Favre Will He Go? and so on and the ever growing Touch Down meter! It’s only fitting (to my trip) that Brett Favre & Co went on a hunting trip of their own, beating the Carolina Panthers to make it a complete package

PS: The extra copy of Deanna’s book is for circulation - let me know if you are interested in reading it.