THE DAILY DIVERSION

Well, my buddy PT and I started making our plans for a trip in March. We're planning on going to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in Lafayette, Louisiana from March 3rd through the 6th.

Thus far, I've booked our hotel. We'll be staying at the Best Western Posada Ana, which is supposed to be pretty new and easily accessible. It doesn't hurt that it's only $70 a night, which is highly affordable when you're splitting it two ways. The hotel actually looks night, and I think Best Western has stepped up their building in the last few years. I remember when Best Western hotels/motels were the equivalent of staying at a HoJo, sans the "Jo".

I know for some it's not a big deal, but it sure does come in handy for me, but, the hotel has in-room high-speed internet. That'll work for me, especially since I plan on doing daily blog updates from the tournament. I had planned on, a couple of years ago, writing daily summaries of the NAIA National Tournament I went to, but, unfortunately, my buddy and I ended up staying out all night drinking, and I was far too wasted to put a single coherent thought together.

I'll try to do better this time around though. I'll also try to comment on the local cuisine, which I plan on sampling to the extreme (yikes, I just had the line "To the extreme, I rock a mike like a vandal" from Vanilla Ice's "Ice, Ice Baby" go through my head). I've already started a list of places I'd like to eat. Here's hoping I don't spend 99% of my trip sitting on the toilet!

Check out the links above for more information on the tournament and the hotel we're staying in. It would be nice to see some of our fellow Topper fans while away from "home", and to have some other folks to go out and have a little fun with. Be sure to let me know if you're making the trip!