Bally Bash and Bartlesville
Posted on October 25, 2026 by Ching under Pickleball, Travel.
We packed a lot of stuff in one of my final weekends before surgery. Since I didn’t know how I would feel after, I really wanted to make the most of the last days of freedom. LOL.
I teamed up with my friend Donnie Lesperance for my final Friday Night Fiesta. The next day we attended our first Bally Bash. We’ve always been invited since having met the Ballys through pickleball a few years ago but we’d never been able to make it until this year because we are either out of town or have some other commitment. Last year we missed it due to my birthday getaway to St. Charles. Usually they have Bally Bash later in the month of October so it always falls around either my birthday or Halloween. This year they held it much earlier, which was a good thing too because, not only did the weekend work out well for us this year, but also, had it been later in the month, it would have fallen after my surgery and I probably wouldn’t have felt up to going.
On Sunday, the girls and I had a fun little day trip to Bartlesville so they could check out the new Aught2 Pickleball facility. Brian and I came down on their grand opening weekend so I had been there before but I was excited to show the other ladies. Megan, Gwen, and I rode down with Susie. Ashley and Michelle came from Emporia and met us down there. I made a fun little highlight reel of our trip.
Deana brought together a fabulous group of ladies to play with us, plus Kumar. It was so much fun! You can find some of our game footage in my pickleball YouTube channel. A bunch of us had a nice lunch at La Fiesta after playing. It’s Deana’s favorite Mexican restaurant.
Kumar’s favorite restaurant is Senor Salsa. He had dinner plans there that evening so he did not join us for lunch. He didn’t want to eat Mexican food twice in the same day. I never understood why Kumar and Deana had different favorite Mexican restaurants until this trip.
Apparently, good looking international students (soccer players) at Oklahoma Wesleyan University tend to get part time jobs at La Fiesta as servers. Every semester brings a new batch. The food quality being equal, I finally understood why Deana preferred La Fiesta. LOL.
We had a great time at lunch and even got a group picture with our server Alejandro and his friend and fellow soccer player Mateja in our photo. Mateja was helping a different section but he got in the photo.
The trip down and back was uneventful and didn’t even seem to take that long. Susie is a great driver and the four of us had fun catching up on the trip down. Gwen and Megan slept on the way back while I kept Susie company. Gwen needed to be back by 4 PM and Susie made up a lot of time on the way back. We were back at her house shortly after 4 PM where Brian was waiting, despite an initial ETA of 4:30 PM. I am so grateful to the ladies for making this trip happen. This was the best little road trip before my surgery.
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