It's getting close to departure time for USCSA Nationals at Mt. Batchelor in Bend, Oregon. Whitney has been busy today - packing, going to the trainers, packing and repacking some more, oh and going to class. I've gotten a couple of calls from her trying to figure out how to pack and what to pack. The good thing is that Whitney is a pretty efficient packer and doesn't pack a bunch of extra stuff or "just in case" stuff. She packs what she needs and that's it. Of course when you're going to be gone for 10 days and will be snowboarding almost all of those you have to pack a lot.
She's got two snowboards, two pairs of bindings, I think two pairs of boots, all her waxing stuff, helmet, base layers, two pairs of board pants, lots of socks, regular clothes, her snow boots, beanies, sweatshirt, school books, and laptop. And yet she can fit it all into her snowboard bag, her duffel bag, and her backpack.
She's looking forward to the trip. She'll get to check another state visited off her list (she'll be up to 45) and see how snowboarding is out west. She's looking forward to a few days of relaxing snowboarding then she has her boardercross race on Friday and giant slalom on Saturday. They take a red-eye back on Sunday night and get back Monday afternoon to Maine.
While she's gone she's going to be writing several blog posts for me since I can't be there first hand this year. Hopefully she'll write about traveling with a college group, what she things of Oregon and the snow out there, how the races are going, and how they go specifically for her. I hope she has an awesome week!
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