29 April 2022 / Golden Spike / Burke High School / Arbor Day / Site Q Swap / 56 degrees (real feel 52) / NW 16 MPH / 99% Humidity
In September 2021, I talked to Mother Goose after a beatdown at the glorious AO that is Golden Spike. I told him I wouldn’t be seeing him at his home site because The Armory was opening in October. He immediately threw out the idea of Site Q Swap. Today is the day!
I arrived at 5:15am to see that Barn Door and Blades of Glory were hard at work on prerun. I was also glad to see that the gate was unlocked and it was time to set up. Cones, clipboards, and no need for lights at the fanciest and brightest AO in Omaha!
At 5:30am Gator welcomed the following 15 PAX to F3:
Biff, FDIC, Cheap Seats, Dirty Bird, Barn Door, Nodule, Tugboat, Blanks, Tonight Show, Big One, T-Ball, Fine Print, Mufasa, Blades of Glory, and Gump
With the F3 Omaha intro covered, we went right into today’s Burpee Trivia Topic: Arbor Day!
Arbor Day sprouted from the mind of a zealous tree lover and salty fellow named J. Sterling Morton, who had a passion for planting all kinds of trees.
QUESTION 1:
The first Arbor Day occurred on April 10, 1872, in WHAT CITY?
Everyone (except Mufasa) yelled the correct answer!
Nebraska City, Nebraska.
Bobby Hurley’s x 7
WOR
Sun Gods x 20 IC (F&R)
Cheap Seats led us in some Tappy Taps x 12
The Big One himself led us in some Big Ones x10 IC
Cherry Pickers x 20 IC
Pigeon R&L
(On the gorund, FDIC remarked in a voice that sounded like Pat from SNL, “It’s wet…”)
We moseyed to the middle of the field and started…
Question 2
Within 20 years of its creation, the holiday was celebrated in every American state except which state?
Mufasa guessed Alaska. But since Alaska did not become a state until 1959, our multiple personality PAX member was about 67 years off target. But, the Q knew that Fine Print would get this one right… And he did!
Delaware!
Fine Print explained that he had previously guessed Delaware on Constitution Day Burpee Trivia. Kudos, FP!
Bobby Hurley’s x 7
Pre thang: Junk in the trunk
This was dubbed the “Dumb and Dumber” at Dragon’s Lair. But renamed in honor of Arbor Day.
Start in Chilcut, but on your knees
Right Leg
⁃ Elevated gator tails x20IC
⁃ Moon gods X20IC
⁃ Frozen Alabama ass kickers x20IC
⁃ Tail slaps 20 (singles on the down)
Recover
Repeat: Left Leg
Question 3:
J Sterling Morton was appointed US Secretary of Agriculture in 1893 by which US PRESIDENT?
By coincidence, I briefly discussed this non-consecutive-term-serving President at the Maize the day before with Tonight Show and Cheap Seats. Shockingly, they did not remember this thrilling conversation… But they were bailed out by some of our scholarly PAX!
Grover Cleveland
Bobby Hurley’s x7
Thang: Plant a Tree Today
Count off in groups of 3. The group would do the following exercises AMRAP:
Plank Jacks
Lunges
Air Squats
Norris, Chuck Merkins
Tappy Taps
Alabama Ass Kickers
(Down on all fours, kick each leg individually up and back. 4-count on each leg – 1 up, 2 extend, 3 back to up position, 4 down.)
Tempo Merkins
Rosalitas
E2K (right elbow)
E2K (left elbow)
T-Merkins
Oh Yeahs
Dips
Apollo Oh Nos
Yurpee (Burpee with clap merkin; two jump tucks)
Meanwhile, One PAX from each group would Bear crawl up the “tree” to the 15 yard line and do Burpees. Then Crawl bear back down.
We made it all the way through and started back at the top before OMAHA was called.
QUESTION 4:
The term ARBOR means what?
Tugboat body slammed this question and correctly stated:
Forest.
6MOM
Beast Mode 30 Seconds / Alternating knee taps x 20 IC / Plank 30 Seconds / Gator Spears x 20 IC / Chilcut 30 seconds / Gator Tails x 20 IC
This was really fun one where the Q tried to use nameorama refrains to identify PAX to do a 10 Count.
The Q had gone out on a limb for this Q, so it was time leave…
Countoff: 16
NOR: Lots of fun with PAX name refrains today!
Annoucements:
Fine Print is involved in an Arbor Day related reforestation foundation. Reach out to him for more info. (We all thought he was joking…)
COT: Make like a Tree, and Get out of Here
At Dragons Lair, I talked about a persistent work conflict that I had and how I decided to Drop the Rope.
For my One-Year Anniversary, I had a Back to the Future theme.
Today, I Connected these two tracks with a Golden Spike: I told my boss I had to make like a tree…and get outta here.
Meaning, I quit my job. I talked in more detail about my new job and why I left my old one. Ask me about it sometime and I can give you the full story. For now, I’ll just say this and this: Thank you to all my brothers who have supported me with their advice and assistance over these last couple months!
With Gratitude,
Gator