Got the bikes! Check it off the list!
Got Mike! Check it off the list!
And Jackie!
It takes about three hours to get to Lake Chelan from Spokane. Our friends Mike and Marianne just purchased a motorcycle. They thought a great first long ride would be to come to Lake Chelan. We saw them on the way!
The scenery is always beautiful in Washington!
You do have to deal with some unusual circumstances on the roads now and then.
As we crossed the Columbia River we knew we were almost there. Exciting. What will it be like? Where do we get our packets? Bikes? Where do they hang out? Lots of questions.
There it is. Lake Chelan. Looks so peaceful and calm from this distance. It was not on race day!
Chelan Swim World.
We met up with Mark and Sheila for lunch. Mike was being silly darn. This is a great picture of the Overmans!
This is how Mike deals with the cholesterol issues we seem to have as we get a bit older.
This is how Jackie deals with it. My cholesterol is lower than Mike's. HMMM!
Mike and Marianne joined us for lunch and ordered a burger. We pretty much decided this was the worlds tallest burger.
After lunch and exploring a bit we headed to Pateros. Our hotel was about 20 minutes outside of Chelan. When we signed up to do the race there were no hotel rooms left in tiny Chelan. There are 8 fitness events going on over the weekend so it is busy. This is the view from our hotel room. Nice!
There was a street fair going on in Pateros.
Complete with Dragonboat racing. Looks fun.
Here is a team practicing before they got in the water. Row, row, row! Sheila and I saw this as an opportunity for an event that the staff at our schools in Medical Lake could one day participate in! Maybe we will have to give up Olympic curling ladies and do this instead. :-)
Packet pickup time. This thing is getting real! Athletes all over! People getting their wristbands and getting their bikes ready!
Everything was new. What is the best way to get the numbers on the bikes?
Gotta make sure the tires are pumped up!!!
I tried the number in several positions and finally settled on this!
Now we can rack our bikes. They would stay there overnight!
Sheila had a great idea! Bring a really bright shirt and put it over the seat of the bike so we could see exactly where our bikes were. It worked!
Or bikes are ready to go!
Now it is time to relax a bit and take in all the sights!
Sunday morning and we are up and going. We had to take a shuttle to the park where we started our triathlon journey. We arrived at about 7 AM to set up our transition spot by our bikes.
Mike is getting those swim arms ready!
We got our race number and age marked on our legs and arms!
This is my transition area. Small little spot right by the bike. Too much stuff. Next time there will be fewer things to put on during the transitions.
Crazy! Everyone is getting ready.
These two look like they have it all under contol. Cool and calm.
My numbers!
Got it! We followed directions and the bikes are ready.
We are done in the bike area and now it is just a waiting game until it is time to take off.
So glad Mike decided to try this with me! We had so much fun!
More to come! Thanks to Cheryl for taking pictures when we couldn't! 
2 comments:
So fun! I must try this!!!
Looks like y'all had so much fun!
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