Last weekend was the BX at Massanutten. While we had no horse in the race this time we still wanted to go down and support Whitney's old team. Bob was helping as a course judge both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday morning we went to registration so he could connect with Mark and find out where he was going to be working and when he needed to be there. I talked with some friends from the team and found out one family is looking to buy a house near Sugarloaf and spend the winters up there so their son can be on the Carrabassett Valley School team in the weekend program. I'm sure Whitney will be excited to see him at races. I had a great conversation with Chad, Whitney's old coach. I finally had the chance to give him our "thank-you" for helping Whitney out the last few years - a great picture of the two of them in the start gate at Nationals last year. I also had a chance to catch up with Ellen, the Appalachian Series director.
While Bob spent the morning working the course I spent the morning skiing. The conditions were nice, the crowds were pretty low early, and it was so nice to be skiing. In the afternoon I went down to hang out with Bob. He had a good spot to watch the racers go by down the course. The one downside to the day was that it got pretty warm by the end of the races. Because of that when Bob was done we went back to the house instead of skiing more. Another factor was that it was getting super crowded because it was such a nice day. All in all though it was a much better day than Sunday ended up being...it poured rain.
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