WNBA in Hawaii????

Small world it seems. On our connection from Phoenix to Hawaii, next to me sat Ashley Robinson of the Seattle Storm. Many of you will remember her from the 2000-2004 Lady Vols. No I did not ask that tall drink of water (6'4") if she played basketball, but it came up as soon as she heard we were from Knoxville. That broke the ice though and we reminiced about Pat Summit & Knoxville while I learned about WNBA and Texas, where she is from. She was on a little vacation and was joining some players who had gone to UConn and then next week will be off to Madrid to play in the European league. So as you can tell we are home and it's 5:30am. I never get up that early!!! Guess I'm just not back on Hawaii time yet. Flights went better than average as we arrived in Phoenix to an overbooked flight to Kona due to the Ironman passengers. USAir asked for two seats to bump and we grabbed 2 full round trip tickets back to the mainland to use within a year. Meanwhile they put us up at the Sheraton in Tempe. Since it was early afternoon our driver took us in to downtown Tempe, home to ASU, and we had a leisurely time shopping around, seeing the sights ending with dinner at Gordon Biersch Brewery for dinner. They served garlic fries there, yummy, and everything else too!! We'd always thought it wise to be able to stop over in a west coast town when traveling to/from the continental east to Hawaii. It's a definite 'do it if you can' now. After a relaxing day in Tempe and a good rest it made for an easy flight home. So gotta go as it's 6 am. and paddle time!!!