Day 20- Olympic Training Center and Kansas

Day 20: Olympic Training Center & Kansas 

GRRRR.... IT'S THE GRUMPIES - PIPER RILEY, ELLA HUNTER, GABI MAXON, ADELYN LOFLIN,  MOLLY GALLAGHER, MORGAN EFIRD, GRANT EDWARDS, ERIN CROSBY, KYLEIGH PATRICK, OLIVER OWENS, ANDREW MARBAIS,  KYLE O'MELVENY, AND KAP.

OUR VERY FIRST EVENT OF THE DAY WAS BEING WOKEN AN HOUR EARLY, THINKING THE WORLD WAS COMING TO AN END, BUT IT WAS JUST THE AC COMING ON...ONE HOUR LATER WE WERE WOKEN UP BY THE FIRE ALARM, OR SO WE THOUGHT...IT WAS JUST DALLAS.

AFTER LEAVING COLORADO COLLEGE, WE STOPPED AT WALLY-WORLD FOR THE COOKS TO BUY OUR MEALS FOR THE DAY. WE HAD HONEYBUNS AND APPLE SAUCE FOR BREAKFAST, THEN WE TOOK OFF FOR THE OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER!!!

WHEN WE ARRIVED, WE TURNED INTO USA'S GREATEST OLYMPIANS. WE POSED AS OUR FAVORITE SPORTS WITH FRIENDS, THEN HEADED INSIDE. WE STARTED IN THE ROTUNDA AND WERE ENTHRALLED WITH THE AMAZING PINBALL MACHINE AS WELL AS THE INSPIRING OLYMPIC HIGHLIGHT REELS. WE SPLIT UP INTO 2 GROUPS AND BEGAN OUR TOURS. 

JD TELLS US ABOUT THE US OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER

BASKETBALL HOOPERS

DEEP SEA DIVING, SWIMMIN' WITH THE FISHES

GO FIGURE...FIGURE SKATERS 

GRUMPYS LOOKING A LITTLE LESS GRUMPY

WE DIDN'T KNOW LEXI WAS AN OLYMPIAN!! CAN I GET HER AUTOGRAPH??

ON OUR TOURS, WE SAW THE TRAINING CENTERS FOR SHOOTING, WRESTLING,  SWIMMING, GYMNASTICS, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE BEST PT FACILITIES AND WEIGHT TRAINING ROOMS. AS WE ENDED OUR TOUR, WE TOOK AMAZING PICTURES WITH THE FAKE WEIGHTS AND BOBSLED PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO SHOPPED AROUND THE TEAM USA STORE.

IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO STAY AWAKE DURING INTERSTELLAR, THEN YOU'VE SEEN WHAT WE SAW TODAY ON OUR DRIVE THROUGH KANSAS. (WE ARE IN KANSAS TOTO...) WE SAW MANY CORN FIELDS AND POSED WITH A BEAUTIFUL OIL RIG AS YOU CAN SEE. TO BREAK UP THE ENDLESS AMOUNT OF NOTHINGNESS AS WE DROVE, THE THREE VEHICLES HAD A FRIENDLY LITTLE "FINISH THE LYRIC" COMPETITION. NATALIE WON FOR THE BUS!!! 

PRETTY PRINCESSES

FOR THOSE OF US WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ON THE BUS, THE CARS TRILOGY PLAYED ON THE SCREENS (OUT OF ORDER, I MIGHT ADD). ANOTHER FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT INVOLVED KAP AND HOLDEN CHANNELLING THEIR INNER DIVA AND RECEIVING A MAKEOVER. IF NEITHER OF THOSE ENTERTAINMENTS FLOATED SOMEONE'S BOAT, THEY WERE MORE THAN LIKELY READING A BOOK, EVEN THE GUYS. BOONE HAS PROBABLY READ MORE ON THIS TRIP THAN EVER BEFORE IN HIS LIFE. 

OUR TRAVELING LUNCH FOR THE DAY CONSISTED OF ROAST BEEF/TURKEY AND PROVOLONE SLIDERS ACCOMPANIED BY CHEESE PUFFS AND CRISPY RICE TREATS (COPYRIGHT LAWS...)

WELCOME TO KANSAS

WHEN WE FINALLY REACHED OUR CAMPSITE FOR THE NIGHT, CALEB LED OUR MEETING IN PREPARATION FOR HIS FUTURE ROLE AS CO-DIRECTOR. AFTER THIS BRIEF MEETING, THE GRUMPYS COMPLETELY DOMINATED EVERY OTHER GROUP IN A BALLOON POPPING COMPETITION. KAP LED OUR TEAM AS THE OFFICIAL HUGGER FOR THE GROUP (SOME OF US ARE STILL CATCHING OUR BREATH...) 

POP THOSE BALLOONS!

FOR DINNER TONIGHT WE ATE A SIT-DOWN MEAL: TACOS!!!! - BUT BEFORE DINNER, LAUREN'S AUNT AND COUSIN, WHO ATTENDED TWB, SURPRISED THE GANG WITH ICE-CREAM SANDWICHES AND POPSICLES! THANK YOU!!

MILES PRESENTING HIS RESEARCH ON THE OIL WELLS IN KANSAS.

IT'S A LITTLE WARMER HERE IN KANSAS, BUT WE ARE ENJOYING THE WARMTH COMPARED TO THE FREEZING COLD NIGHTS WE SPENT IN WYOMING EARLIER ON THE TRIP.  THIS IS PROOF THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY GETTING CLOSER TO HOME.

HOW DO WE ONLY HAVE THREE MORE DAYS LEFT?! TIME REALLY DOES FLY WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN... SEE YOU ALL SOON!!