What A Week for the 2020 GAMES!
You may think we took a week off from the Games. NO WAY! Thanks to all of you who’ve shared pictures and videos with us. Katie can hardly keep up with all the editing…. a terrific problem for her to have. (Well, she’s been working hard. We’ve been just party-party-party all night long!)
This week, we’ve been busy with lots of things. Check out our coverage of the Marathon, more High Jump Action, more Track & Field Events- including the hurdles, and some epic Bobsled Races.
One thing I’ll say about the Marathon, that caterpillar does NOT give up. And who knew Francis and Genie would be so good at the hurdles? Must be their long legs…
We were lucky to get some artificial snow to do our sledding completion. It was a big challenge as the only sled we could find was really, really, BIG! It slowed us down but we did get the tip over the finish line in 42.3 seconds.
Back at the track, we met the high jump challenge. We came through the easy round with flying colors. As for the HIGH high jump…. let’s just say, it’s super hard on such a windy day.
Scottie- the wind made me go wide on my first attempt. I caught a down draft (I think I inhaled some of Amelia’s feathers). I sort of cleared the bar the next time, but it counted at 12’ 3”. I may or may not have run into the bar on one of my attempts. Not going to admit anything.
Amelia- Of course, it is much harder for a squirrel to do these jumps. Wait, what? Well, anyway, I simply flew right over the bar (16’5”) and had a graceful landing. Did I do a 360 en route? Yes, I did!
One thing we’ve learned since 2020 Games began- wow, are we a talented group! We haven’t seen all you can do yet, but man alive, can we fly, swim, jump, run, and slide with the best of them. Better watch out, Tokyo, some stuffies might be coming your way!