Now that is a nicely laid out transition area. (This is transition 1 - number 2 was in another place altogether.)
There were helicopters all around.
Shawn snapped this photo of Lance putting on his wetsuit in the transition area.
These are the pros starting their swim.
And the rest of the racers waiting their turn.
We moved to the finish to watch the pros come across, but my picture of Lance wasn't as successful as the bike one, but it was still plenty close. Then there was a lot of waiting. The kids kept themselves mostly entertained although there were several declarations of, "I'm bored." "I'm hungry." And so on.
Jonas made himself comfortable - at Peter's expense.
The fall colors were beautiful and the weather was perfect.
More entertainment.
Shawn also made his way across the finish line after suffering a bit on the mountain bike. He said it was steep and technical. Plus, he got a flat tire and after stopping to fix it, his back brakes kept seizing up and stopping his bike, so eventually he just disengaged them and made his way in. (One of the pros that came in rode in on only his rim with a completely shredded tire. It looked pretty cool. I guess when you've got sponsors you can afford to do that to your bike. Apparently Shawn needs to get some sponsors.) And at least he didn't end up with a demon thorn in his leg like last time.
At this point the kids were ready to move on to something else.
So we took a quick ride on the gondola to the top of the mountain where we stopped for a little snack.
And then we headed back down. We were in a bit of a time crunch.
Everyone was happy for a few minutes at least.
The gondola provided more spectacular views of the fall colors.
We were cold and glad that we had forked out a couple extra bucks for the warm showers.
Whew! Like I said, a crazy, busy but fun day. We were ready for a day of rest!
1 comment:
I love Moses..he was one of my favorites. I would have been more excited to see and talk to him than lance:)
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