Archer & Varner Southern Tour first day, getting ready

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As some of you know The Legends and Champions Pool Tour will be visiting 10 different towns all over the south featuring Johnny Archer and Nick Varner. I have done this before where I do a little write up on how the tour is going and if anything fun happens etc. Here we go from the very beginning.

So yesterday my trip started at 6am getting up, showered and finish packing for my flight to Atlanta, where the Tour is set to start tonight at Marietta Billiard Club with a show and a clinic tomorrow. Not much to tell really until I get to Atlanta as all I did was get ready, finish packing and sat on a plane for three and a half hours.

I land and call JA who is supposed to be picking me up and he says "I thought you were coming in at 5.30pm (I arrived at 4pm) I am not sure if I can make it at that time" Now I really don't want to sit around for an hour and a half waiting and certainly don't want to pay for a 45 min cab ride to the pool room. He heard the dissapointment in my voice and said "I'm just kidding, I'm in the cell phone parking lot. just call me when you get your bags" Phew! I already know that he hasn't been able to mess with my head in a couple months and so I know I got some head games in store. Johnny picks me up with George the Manager at Marietta Billiard Club. On the drive we decide tha twe should just go to the pool room and have a few drinks and some dinner and then head home to visit with Mrs Archer (The Boss) By 10pm I am beat and ready to go to bed. This is silly because the time change has put me 3 hours a head and so it is actually 7pm. So we get back to JA's house and visit with Melanie for a while and watch a little tv. I go out to the patio to smoke and when I come back in Melanie asks if I stepped in anything because as she put it "That little dog craps everywhere" Now to continue this story you have to know that Melanie is very house proud and even though the house is spotless she still says things like "Sorry about the dishes in the sink, I just havn't hada chance to get to them" there is like 2 coffee cups in the sink and things like this are not cool. So I retired to my room and up pack a little and notice a pile of dog crap on my bedroom floor. Oh no, I can't get rid of it as I will throw up. I can't tell Melanie as she would be devastated that a guest in her home would have a situation like that. So I decided to just let it go until the morning and have JA get it in the morning.
The morning comes and I wake up at 10am and have had an amazing 10 hrs sleep. I go to the bathroom and then hear JA yelling for me and he goes into my room and I hear him yell to Melanie "Oh man, Harley (the dog) crapped in Mark's room, either that or Mark crapped in his room." I come downstairs and make sure that I explain "Hey I didn't do that it must have been the dog" Just so everyone was clear. I am not sure how Melanie is gonna take this news but JA has already told her so its out of my hands. Melanie looks at me and shakes her head and says "He's stupid, he does that to me too" What??? the dog?? "No Johnny has fake dog crap that he likes to plant around the house" So end of the day JA has not missed a chance to play with my mind.

Nick, is driving down to meet us and start the tour and should be here around 3pm and will go to the pool room and set up his shots for tonight. We will probably just meet him there and have dinner at the pool room and be ready for the show at 7.30pm. So if you are in the area please stop by and say hi. I will see if there is any interest in my little blog and I will continue it or not.

We are all looking forward to this tour and looking forward to meeting old friends and making new ones.
 
Look forward to seeing ya'll in OKC!!

Sounds like you're off to a fun start!

Ken
 
I'll be keeping up with this one for sure.

I'm already signed up for the stop at Beezer's in Russellville, Arkansas. I'm sure it'll be a great experience.

I've heard so many varying stories about JA, I'm kinda anxious to see what he's like in a more personal setting (ala just you, him, Nick and a handful of players in a pool room).

I just hope he doesn't put fake dog poop in my cue case.
 
Look forward to seeing ya'll in OKC!!

Sounds like you're off to a fun start!

Ken
looking forward to it Ken. Thanks for your help too, I think the clinic is filled in OKC but if not its very close.
 
Thanks for the Link; no Florida leg, good place to tour during the snow months.:grin-square:
Actually Mr Hook you would be amazed at how Florida isn't that good for these tours. They have so much Pro action there already that they have gotten a little spoiled I think. However we were almost gonna do something there in Fla to start this trip but it just didn't work out.
 
I'll be keeping up with this one for sure.

I'm already signed up for the stop at Beezer's in Russellville, Arkansas. I'm sure it'll be a great experience.

I've heard so many varying stories about JA, I'm kinda anxious to see what he's like in a more personal setting (ala just you, him, Nick and a handful of players in a pool room).

I just hope he doesn't put fake dog poop in my cue case.
Fathom, I am looking forward to meeting you there. We will have fun :)
 
I'll be keeping up with this one for sure.

I've heard so many varying stories about JA, I'm kinda anxious to see what he's like in a more personal setting (ala just you, him, Nick and a handful of players in a pool room).

You can get a pretty good idea from this TAR broadcast of Archer and Van Boening in the TAR studio. The first half is interview but it gets real interesting when they shoot-around on the table.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUT7-RdKdeA
 
Funny story Mark! Had me laughing, thanks for sharing! Wish I was not traveling this week; would have definitely have liked to have been a part of this experience at MBC with nick and JA!
 
Mark,

I'm going to plan on being there Sat.
I enjoyed your story, Johnny is a card.
The last time I was at MBC my buddy Rich (The Skunk) played Nick in a few games of 1 hole. The last game Nick ran out all 15.
The last big tournament I played in GA. I drew JA 1st. round & we played on a barbox. I played alright, but I was so nervous playing a champion of his caliber that I choked when it came down to it; he beat me 7-0.
I'll enjoy meeting you & seeing them again & I'll bring some cues too.


Ty,
Michael
 
have a great trip. Was looking forward to seeing you in OKC but gonna be in West Texas. Might make it to Plano when you're there.
 
So last night JA and I headed out to the pool room about 5.30pm to eat dinner and get together with Nick before the show as we hadn't seen him yet. He had gone to the pool room early to set his shots up for the show but he didn't get there until about 6pm so he was running behind. I had Chilli Cheese fries again and they are awesome! The attendance was not as good as usual for our shows but I put that down to the fact that JA is around alot. Anyway everyone had a good time and we got back into tour mode a little bit.

My body clock is jacked up still, time changes and jet lag have never really affected me too much but for some reason as I get older it takes a little longer to get in stride. Since I am 3 hours ahead of where I usually am, at night time its 2am and I think its 11pm or should I say my body does amd then when I get up at 8.30 its actually 11.30 and I never get up that late. I am not really sure whats going on today, I know we will be going to the pool room later tonight but until then I am just sat looking for something to do. Nick is staying with one of our friends here so I have no idea what he is up to and I have no idea where JA is as he isn't at the house. So its just me and Melanie this morning, she is doing some coupon thing and I am doing this. Not much to report as you have probably figured out by now but I know that once we leave here we will begin getting back into the routine and I may have to start my own assault on JA, you know like get him before he gets me? I can't forget Nick either as he can be as bad as anyone he just does it in a sneakier way.

Tomorrow, we head to Pelham, Alabama about 9am. Probably stop and get breakfast and then just get to the hotel. We have a show tomorrow night at Poppa's Billiards starting at 7.30pm. I am just ramblin, so I will wait til I have something to actually say. Sorry for going on about nothing.
 
have a great trip. Was looking forward to seeing you in OKC but gonna be in West Texas. Might make it to Plano when you're there.
Not gonna be in Plano Willo, Gonna be in Richardson though, not sure if thats gonna be close to where you will be but I hope to see you there if you can make it.
 
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