This weekends trip was definitely better than last
weekends. No snow so far and unfamiliar scenery made for a pleasant
start. Four hours in we stopped at the Jack in the Box in Idaho Falls on
the recommendation of a coworker.
The food was typical of a fast food restaurant. My diet coke
did have a trace of cherry flavoring to it and the fries were bland but
that had nothing on the bathroom. Not very often I want to take a full
shower and decontamination shower after using a restroom that has
plumbing (we won't discuss my feelings on outhouses in this blog), but I
did after this one. Yuck!
I thought it would take a lot to beat the earlier rest area
that had the seat-less toilets and air conditioning to boot. A bit
chilly, I must say, but it was clean and fresh smelling. Not so the restaurant!
The rest of our trip was uneventful, the last rest area
had toilet seats, soap, hand dryers and was clean smelling. We went
through a lot of rain and watched a lot of backed up traffic heading
north, but made it to our motel safe and sound. A quick run to the
grocery store and a bite with one of Dizzy's teammates and we're off to
bed for the meet tomorrow.
The next morning was a nice change from what we are used to
with meets. For a change we were not the early group competing and
were able to have a lazy morning (and horrid breakfast selection) and
Dizzy and her teammates were able to blow off steam before we headed to
the meet. Unfortunately, the map on my tablet was off a little,
showing me we had to go under the freeway to head to the meet and we
headed in the wrong direction....
We arrived a few minutes late, paid to get in (holy cow,
was that pricey! I won`t complain about Montana prices again) and sent
Dizzy on her way. Thankfully we always plan to be there thirty minutes
before her warm up time, so we were in plenty of time for the meet. The
seating was horrid, folding chairs with the beam right in front of us,
and we struggled to see anything, but enjoyed watching the different
teams warm up for the beam.
This experience was very eye-opening. Our girls always
have fun, laugh and enjoy the competition experience, while other groups
spend a lot more time perfecting body position and are very focused.
The one team was not allowed to watch their teammates compete, standing
in a line with their backs to the apparatus. This particular team was
very young and had incredible scores. I was told they spend 30 hours a
week at the gym and are home schooled. These little girls will go a
long way, but I wonder at what cost?
Next week, the meet, how we did and the rest of our time in
Salt Lake City. Two weeks from now, the state meet will be over and
we`ll be looking at soccer and softball and Bean will be home from his
trip to Florida.
Stay happy, stay healthy and (in honor of the flooding around here) stay dry!
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