November 26, 2014. Riviera Maya, Mexico. Basketball.

Some days you just get lucky. Through no efforts on our part we all enjoyed a basketball tournament of Division 1 Schools, held at our own resort. It was great fun. It was the closest we will ever get to Division basketball teams. The tournament was short, just three days. Eight men's teams and eight women's teams, divided into two section. Today we 12 attended the finals of the two men's divisions. The University of Northern Iowa won, beating Northwestern University in the final game tonight. We sat right beside the court, in comfortable chairs supposed to be for the press and the corporate sponsors. We noticed that not all the seats were empty so we just moved in and filled them up. It was exciting sitting at court side. CBS broadcast the tournament. David, Sarah and Samantha were actually on TV. Walking the young men wandering around the resort was impressive too. So many of the players were tall. Kate loved walking by all those tall young men. It is one thing watching the players on TV but when the same players walk by the pool you realize how big these players actually are. None of us knew the tournament was being held at the Hard Rock Resort, but we all enjoyed attending the games and seeing the players. The tournament was an added bonus to our visit.