{"id":25039,"date":"2021-10-16T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T16:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=25039"},"modified":"2021-10-17T17:20:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T22:20:58","slug":"world-pickleball-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=25039","title":{"rendered":"World Pickleball Day Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October 10 is World Pickleball Day so naturally I spent the entire weekend playing pickleball. We started with a fun cookout at Rolling Hills on Saturday night, the eve of World Pickleball Day. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51570891346\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51570891346_27141a5d07_z.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian took one for the team and served as our grill-master that night. Here are a few pictures from our cookout that night. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51571890695\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51571890695_ed0319670e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51571649209\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51571649209_e0ff77a61c.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51571206438\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51571206438_58a2456fa6.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51571206433\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51571206433_b48c9dba42.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51570160787\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51570160787_cecdee7de1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51571891105\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51571891105_77b1e7c538.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51570965416\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51570965416_3a941e1d3b.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51571207058\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51571207058_e6bb4fcbed.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next day we hung out at Chicken N Pickle to celebrate World Pickleball Day and raise money to build courts for the Boys &#038; Girls Club. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51572834177\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51572834177_612a53b409_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Queen of the APP Tour, Lauren Stratman, happened to be in town. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51573644056\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51573644056_90dc127cd7_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I introduced Lauren to my friend Erica Lopez. I shared some of the Electrum shirts that Lauren gave me with Erica so I figured the two of them should meet. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51575790419\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51575790419_505346f267_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The four of us got a group picture together.<em> From left: <\/em>Erica Lopez, Karen Fox, Lauren Stratman and me. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51575104421\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51575104421_c02a325a0e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Patrick Smith was there too. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51572878967\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51572878967_de1a0b7fc7_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had a great time celebrating World Pickleball Day.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51577360092\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51577360092_bcc5b2d76a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t wait to do it all again next year. Until then. GNG. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 10 is World Pickleball Day so naturally I spent the entire weekend playing pickleball. We started with a fun cookout at Rolling Hills on Saturday night, the eve of World Pickleball Day. Brian took one for the team and served as our grill-master that night. 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