Weekend extravaganza!

I think I need a weekend from my long weekend. It was a blast but I am pooped today. Ski to Sea weekend is always busy at our house but this year being 9 months pregnant and having not just friends but family in town as well made it especially busy. It all began last Wednesday when Jed and Kara arrived from NC & Kentucky. Luckily I had Friday off as well, so I got to spend some time with them, even if some of it was spent running errands. Then my parents arrived on Friday night. Breakfast, farmer's market, gardening, Adam's family arriving, lounging around in the hammock, Ski to Sea friends arriving, making dinner for 15, and figuring out logistics for all those people for the next day can really take it out of you, especially being 9 months pregnant! Wow, and that was only on Saturday. Then it was up at 5 am to head to the Mt. for the start of Ski to Sea. Jed was on the Baglery Team with a teacher from one of my schools, my dad was on Adam's team. So I wanted to go up to the mountain to see them both race. Jed's team was hoping for a top 3 finish, Adam's to just have fun and finish.

Here are all 450 teams lined up for the mass cross-country start! It was a super gorgeous day! Most S2S days seem to be cloudy and rainy but not today, unfortunately the sun also had its downfalls (more on that in a second).

Jed got off to a good start after the double pole... he was 5th headed up the hill.

After the first lap he was 4th.

Here comes my dad. He was the fastest old guy out there! It must be that fancy WebSkis suit.

At the end of the 1st leg Jed had his team in 3rd place. My dad gave Adam's team a 32nd place start!

Unfortunately the warm weather we had last weekend and then again on Saturday made it so all that snow we got this spring started to melt. S2S officials had been warning that they might cancel the canoe leg of the race because of high and dangerous water. It wasn't until 10 am on Sunday, after the runners had already left, they canceled the Canoe leg. This was a good and bad thing. It made it so Adam and Kevin didn't have to canoe in the crazy river, it gave them a faster time than they would probably had being super novice, non trained canoeist. But it made it so they did a lot of hanging out, waiting, and then finally not getting to race at all. For super good teams, like Jed's it made all the teams the same, where as the canoe leg can really make or break a team. It was the first time in all the 10 years that I have been involved in S2S that it's been canceled. Like Nikki, I think we should blame it on Global Warming.

Overall, Team "A Bold Move" had fun and even placed fairly well. They got 123rd out of 447 place overall, 27th out of 127 in their division! Pretty good I would say! My dad and Jerry also got in the top 100! Pictured above is the whole team; Kevin S. (Mt. Bike), Jerry (downhill ski), Adam (Canoe), Bert (cross country), Jared (road bike), Kevin D.M. (Canoe), Rowan (run), and Dick (Sea Kayak).

Then it was down to the Red Sox v. Mariner's Game. Here are the Hinkley Red Sox fans! Even a future Red Sox fan (and Mariner's fan) *Edit: Adam. We were happy with a win. The Red Sox are not know for doing that well against the Mariners, even if they are doing better over all. It was a pretty good game overall for both teams, until the Mariner's lost it in the 8th inning.

See Mariner's and Red Sox fans can get along! And be in the same family!