What day is it? I'm not sure, but I do know we made it to Switzerland. Let's see, we left the house Thursday at 11:00 a.m. and arrived in Zurich approximately 13-1/2 hours later the next day, which would be 8:30 a.m. Zurich time. I'm posting this at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, the day of Opening Ceremonies. So, I'm a day behind and will try to catch up.
I know how the guys feel trying to get ready, packing the planes, checking they have everything; except for me, it's camera gear. Major packing as after the 9 days at the competition, we, along with the Jeskys, will be spending an additional week going on a river cruise down the Rhine. We figured we better do it now, while we're over there; not getting any younger!
I'm determined to get this out before I crash, so here goes. Seems like things are smoothing out for some good practice before they heat up again when the competition starts. Mark's got a good report, as you'll see, along with a little flavor of the area.
As for myself, I'm just looking at what the temps are going to be in south Texas where I live for the next week or so. Let's see . . . I'll get there on Friday. . . Here's the temps for the Houston area where I live for a week starting on Friday: 102/103/103/103/104/102/102. Can you see me smile because I don't have to be here when that's going on. Looks like today was all about getting settled over there. Hopefully in the next couple of hours (Tuesday Morning) Brett and Bryan will be able to pick up the planes . . . . fingers crossed.
Just a few pics from Mark. What an interesting restaurant with a plane in the middle of it! I'm looking forward to seeing the museum full of planes that I think is supposed to be right there at the competition site; more on that when I get there, probably over the weekend.
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