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| Mom checking the crossword puzzle before handing it over for Jim and Justin to try. |
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| Some fun recorder playing sessions :-) |
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| It was a short but fun visit! |
The rest of the visit was at Abbie's and Nathaniel's in Appleton. Justin was able to meet his future sister-in-law during this visit :-) (Since Abbie had a cold, I refrained from taking any pictures of them.)
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| Along with side-by-side computer time, we did get some board games played...no pics, tho :-) |
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| Notice the long line for the men's restroom and the short women's. Lol, The men made the mistake of thinking it was a one person facility and did not try to to enter until a person left. I find it odd that the men leaving did not let the other guys waiting know that there were quite a few facilities in there!! :-) |
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| a 'wave' of participants being released. Justin is in the next 'wave'. |
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| I think we waited here for at least 45 minutes! |
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| Justin's group released and heading up to the warm-up area. |
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| Group jumping jacks |
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| Group huddle |
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| kind of a 'tame' obstacle here |
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| Can almost here the shoes' 'squishing' noises when they leave this one. |
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| I think this is one I would be able to attempt. |
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| I hope these spectators brought something to sit on, the ground was very soggy! |
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| Participants only needed to follow the brown muddy path to the next obstacle. |
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| Swingers had about an half hour wait here....many were getting pretty cold and ended up skipping it. |
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| Someone before Justin falling with style :-) |
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| Jumping 5 feet to the slippery bars with cold hands....not for me!!! |
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| Quite a few participants (men and women) did what the woman in red did, just stepped off the platform and fell 15 feet into the water pit. |
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| Justin's splash |
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| Still smiling! |
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| Not many were able to do this one successfully. |
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| Close, but no cigar!! :-) |
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| This obstacle took a lot of teamwork. Many people manually rotating the block, so others on the other side could grab on.... |
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| and ride over to the other side. |
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| Once over to the other side, then it's your turn to rotate the block for the next ones coming thru. Up.... |
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| and over!!! |
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| Climb out of the pit and on to the next obstacle. |
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| This one was just a very muddy mess. |
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| A series of mudhills with water pits in between. |
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| Slip... |
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| sliding away :-) |
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| Spectators were also getting a little muddy! |
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| The finish is in sight! |
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| Justin's finished and watching the last obstacle. |
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| All this just for the one free beer at the end? |
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| trying to squeeze thru |
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| charging thru |
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| shield |
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| squeezing, charging, shielding thru |
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| Sometimes the last wires delivered enough of a shock that the participants just 'fell'!! This is DEFINITELY not for me!!! |
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| At the end of the day.... |
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| everybody left a bit muddy ! |
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| Next time , I will be wanting to hike the trails to view the effigy mounds. |
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| Lake Winnebago |
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| Shaded trail |
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| An old Quarry |
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| Tower with views |
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| I listened in on this college geology class :-) |
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| View of Lake Winnebago from tower. |
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| Joan preparing the different pizzas for us to sample. |
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| Jim forming the pizza dough |
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| sampling a variety of beers |
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| Good company, good pizza, and good beer; can't get any better than that :-) |
