From Reno to Truckee

We got to the Reno World Mark at almost the exact time that Will and Jenni got there. Will was just walking out from registering when we were walking in. We had reserved a two bedroom condo and it was large enough for all 8 of us - no problem.


Thursday was Jenni's birthday so Gr&Gr watched the boys while they went out to dinner.
The next morning the boys entertained theirselves with DVDs, swimming with Granpa and eating the yummy breakfast that Jenni and Tessha made everyone.






And Will packed all his little baggies for the race. He had meetings at Squaw Valley that day and needed to have everything ready to go.

Then we packed up the cars for another drive, this time to Truckee, NV. The scenery was beautiful; reminding us of our beloved Oregon. Will and Jenni went on ahead and our car found the Reno WalMart for an oil change and a stop to buy T-shirts and paints. We were going to be making our "crew shirts" for the race.
When we got to Truckee we found our motel and got our rooms (side by side so the boys could be together) and got unpacked and settled in again. It was almost like the times we used to go camping as a family. We would get to a campground, set up the tent, lay out the sleeping bags and spend the night. The next morning we would get up, eat breakfast, fold up the sleeping bags, take down the tent and drive to another fantastic campground. We got to go lots of places and see lots of things that way. It was a fun memory during this trip, too.
Will had reserved a large room with two double beds and a sofa bed for all of us to share. Again, we spread out and slept. But of course we had to enjoy the pool










And Jenni painted everyone's T-shirts



And Will made a map of how to load up the car for Jenni. He was going to be running while we were to move our troop down to Auburn. (It reminded me so much of Granpa Harmon and his attention to details and his concern for others.) That tub beside him was filled with pasta salad for Will to eat for dinner. He had to fill up on his carbs because he would burn off 12000-15000 calories during the race.

Tessha and I went for Chinese and filled everyone's tummy before crawling under the covers for a fairly short night.
We had to be up by 4:15 the next morning to get Will to the starting line by 5:00 so we put a DVD on for the boys and all climbed under the covers.