Clan LMB Gathering

I belong to an online community called Geezer Gamers.com. In that community I belong to a Clan called LMB. Clan LMB is a group of about thirty adults spread across the United States that play games together over XBOX Live. Two years ago we decided to all meet together face to face in San Antonio. It went really well and we wanted to start getting together every year. We have now however decided to start meeting once every two years since it's easier to plan and in hopes of getting bigger turn outs.

This past weekend marked the second LMB Gathering. This years gathering was held in Missouri. Mudhog and I hosted the festivities on Friday and on Saturday we all spent the day in St. Louis.

Thursday night marked the start of the gathering as Lt Dan showed up at Mudhog's house that evening. They then showed up at my house to drop of Rock Band and accessories and to B.S. a little while.

Friday morning Yukon and Versa showed up at my house, followed about an hour later by theCreech and his wife. Mudhog and Dan drove to St. Louis to pick up Ronin , Papa Oneal and his wife who flew in Friday afternoon. We had lunch that afternoon and played Rock Band with my kids until Mudhog and Dan returned from St. Louis with our other guests.

Once everyone arrived we sat around and talked for a while and then I fired up the grill and we a little barbque. After that we all went to the basement for some Rock Band. Good times were had by all as we cycled players in and out playing different instruments and singing. I even sang a stirring rendition of Glados' Still Alive much to the amusement of everyone in attendance. About midnight the party broke up and some of us played some Scene it! LCA.

Saturday morning we all met for the 1 and a half hour drive to St. Louis and on the way stopped at Denny's for breakfast. We then went to Grant's Farm and took a private tour of the grounds were we got to tour Grant's cabin and feed some of the deer and elk. Once the private tour was over we met Medic8er and his family and we then went through and looked at the rest of the animals and spent an hour or so in the beer garden where we ate drank and a few people got some airbrush tattoos. We then left to visit the Arch. We spent a couple of hours touring the museum and then rode to the top to experience the awesome view of St. Louis. We then went to Dave and Busters for diner and then returned to my house where we sat around, talked and played a little Rock Band and Scene it. Dan left first thing Sunday morning while the rest of us went to The Cracker Barrell for breakfast. We then returned to my house where we sat around for awhile until everyone else left about noon.

It was a great weekend that went by entirely to fast. We all had a great time and looking to do it again in two years. We are hoping that we'll get more of the clan to attend next time. We haven't decided on a destination for next time but we're considering going West.