Eagles and Cyclones

I'd always heard the Eagles put on a great concert - and they came through. Another bucket list item checked off. We knew they were going to play in DSM, but got tickets in Omaha months ago - fearing a conflict with the ISU football game.

We headed to Omaha a little later than we would have liked to - Pablo had some work deadlines to finish up. So a nice meal in the Old Market was out. Sonic in Council Bluff - in. Sigh. Good thing I wisely purchased a couple Coors Lites to sip in a brown paper bag (I know...bad me) with my chicken sannie.

We got to the Clink (Century Link Arena) early and purchased 2 drinks - one was a beer for $21. Paul and I spent the time waiting for the band to play considering what we could have purchased with that much money. A case of Coor Lite, a bottle of vodka. Shoes. It was a darn good double vodka tonic with two limes though.

It's the History of the Eagles Tour. There was no warm up band - it was all Eagles. The first set was historical - the band members talked about what was going on during the time each album and song was cut. Don Henley and Glenn Frey started the show and the other members shuffled in. They all told part of the story - but the two headliners were the main men.

View from the cheap seats

The second set was over 30 songs. And the song list was a  familiar one. We could sing along with all of them - and so could the rest of the crowd of mostly 40 plus year-olds around us in the full arena. I think Joe Walsh's - Life's Been Good might have been my favorite song. He's quite a character. They did a James Gang song - Funk #49. It was nearly 11 a.m. when they finished up - we had a couple hour drive ahead. Old Market - I'm coming back when there is more time!


The Mall is in the background - it was built when I worked in the Old Market area

It seemed too early when we got up Saturday a.m. to go to the ISU game. Are we too old to be on the go like this? Naw...

View of the band from the Alumni Center

It was a gorgeous day for a football game. The team showed up for this one and played KSU down to the wire. It was a disappointing finish - we lead until the last few minutes and just couldn't make enough plays to finish the game with a win. So....we did are part at the end of the game, drinking beer in the parking lot with friends.

Kari, Kevin and Diana - shooting the breeze post-game

Later we headed to Whiskey River for burgers. It was a fun day. Funned out, I was in bed before 10 p.m.! Keep this great fall weather coming. We deserve it.