4/19:
We rolled into the Carlyle Lake Dam West Campground about 3:15 and got set up. I took a few pictures, shot the breeze with the neighbor and had a few beers. Brought some firewood from home, so we had smoked salmon, grilled over an open wood fire for dinner. We watched a little TV and drifted off to sleep fairly early.
4/20:
I got up to pee at about 3:30AM and never went back to sleep, so about 6:00, I decided to take a shower. It was 35 degrees outside and in our refrigerator. We headed for Highland at about 7:20 with a stop at Mickey D's to pick up a cup of coffee. It's about twenty miles away.
Adi's first event, trampoline was at 8:30. Double mini was at 9:30. So we hung around for her awards then watched a friend of hers for a while. Adi got third on the tramp and second on double mini. So she qualified for the nationals in those two events. Floor tumbling is tomorrow at 9:00. We'll see how that goes.
More later.
We towed the camper to the YMCA in Mattoon to attend Adi's birthday swim party. I don't know how many kids were there, but they were all having fun. As you can see, the cake was really cool.
Poor Chad and Faith had 10 girls in the house for a sleep-over that night. I haven't heard the results yet, but it's probably a good thing there was no school or work the next day.
The party was over and we left the parking lot about 7:15PM. We pulled into a Pilot truck stop at the first exit across the Ohio River in Paducah. It was 10:15 and the attendant said we could sleep in the camper, so we did. It was 30 degrees outside, but with the heater running and our heavy comforter, we were snug as a bug.
We left for Edwardsville on Saturday morning. Adi competed in trampoline at 11:00 and double mini at 3:00. Then we went to the hotel for an enjoyable evening which included beer and pizza around the pool with Chad, the kids, and some mothers of other gymnastics competitors from Mattoon.
Then Sunday at 1:00 we watch the floor tumbling events. Adi got 1st in trampoline, 2nd in double-mini, and first in floor tumbling. Not bad!
We enjoyed the weekend.
P.S. I tried to upload some nice videos of Adi's double-mini and floor tumbling passes, but as has happened in the past, Google would not cooperate.
After getting home at 11:15PM last night from dinner in Lincoln with friends, we rolled out of bed at 5:45 this morning to see Adi's first event at 8:00 in Mahomet. We were a bit early and they were a bit late getting started. We could have slept another half hour, but it was worth the trip.
Adi got 4th place in double mini trampoline, 3rd in floor tumbling and 1st in trampoline. She is in the intermediate class in floor tumbling and sub-advanced in double mini and trampoline. There are no pictures below of her with her 1st place trophy because they were running about 2 1/2 hours behind on the scoring tabulation and awards, so neither Chad & Faith nor we stayed for the presentation.
Congratulations, Adi!
