Adventure Walks

So if you haven’t noticed our weekly obsessions by now, you really don’t follow our blog very closely. Caitlin and I have a new obsession with walking. I’m sure many people go for walks all the time, but because we are runners, walking is a whole new experience. But we don’t just go for a little 15 minute walk around the hood. We go for like an hour and a half adventure hike. You just keep going. Don’t stop. No pre-planned path. If you feel like going left, you go left.

While you are walking you can talk, bring a boom box, or just do random rebellious things along the way. You can also go on destination walks. This means you actually end up at a place of some importance, like Rita’s. Extreme walking is an outstanding hobby really. But if for some unknown reason you don’t like walking or large amounts of exercise, then I guess you can just play skyball.

A sky ball can go up to 75 feet.

Today was sunday, which means no work. yes, no idlewild. its a sad thing. so me and my sister decided to go outside and lay in the grass. to try and get some sun. if you do not know, we are pale white vampire people so this was the first time we ever tried this. then after a few seconds our faces got really hot so we tried putting stuff over our face. but then after a few minutes our whole body got really hot. then we decided we were foolish and we wouldn't try that again. so we moved on to drawing on our driveway with chalk. this was fun at first. we drew a garden then a city. then we had our best idea yet. we decided to invent a game that we could play all day. we called the game sky ball which we named after the ball used in the game. SKY BALL. our sky ball was a gift from d.j. rossi. thankyou dj! =) but you can purchase your own at walmart!

SKY BALL

1. make your sky ball court

a. get a driveway and get chalk.

b. draw a line seperating your court into 2 halves.

c. draw a pokeball in the middle of the entire court with half of the pokeball on each half.

2. recruit your player(s)

a. it is a two player game.

b. this means you need to find one friend to play with you.

c. a one player game is possible but it requires much skill and is extremely exhausting sprinting to each side of the court in order to beat the sky ball to that side.

d. if you are fortunate enough to have more than one friend, you can play tournament style.

3. rules of the game

a. it is four square, only two square.

b. if you dont know how to play four square, seek help.

c. you cannot spike. remember: sky balls go up to 75 feet

d. if the sky ball lands within the middle circle (the pokeball) then both players try to kick the ball to the opposite side of the court. whoever kicks it first, the other person recieves a negative point.

4. scoring

a. it is impossible to earn a point.

b. only negatives points when you suck

c. only one person can be negative at a time

d. if player A is negative and player B messes up, then player A only becomes less negative.

e. every mistake is worth -1 point

f. the score starts at 0,0 and will stay this way only if you are me and my sister who never mess up.

BEST GAME EVER, so thought i would share. PEACE.

STATES!

Recently, I had one of the best weekends of my life. States for track. I qualified in the long jump :) Memorial day weekend, I packed my bag and headed to Shippensburg. Thursday morning, I met with the other qualifiers from my town (5 others), and we loaded into the mini van. Its tradition to stop at Ruthies dinner for breakfast. I figured this diner would be about halfway to Shippensburg. But no, it was 15 minutes away from my home town. I dont see why it is so special, but nonetheless it was a fun start.

Upon arriving Thursday, tents were being set up, and runners were getting ready for Fridays events. I put on my spikes to join the other athletes. After warm ups we piled into the minivans and went to Olive garden, another tradition. After going through about 20 baskets of bread and our meal we stopped at Walmart on the way to the hotel.

At Walmart the boys 4x4 team thought they would be sneaky and buy little water guns. Kim C and I saw what they were doing and bought water balloons without them knowing. Once we reached the hotel, we got right to work! It was very difficult to fill the balloons and the faucet filler that came with the balloons didnt work, and we had to rely on our instincts. We probably broke more than we filled. But we were ready! When we heard the knock on the door, we knew what was coming. We opened the door and the boys squirted us thinking they were so clever. Until we fired our water balloons. The looks on their faces were priceless as they screamed their realization that we had balloons. This turned into a full out water fight in the hotel hallway. Luckily, our coaches and the hotel staff never yelled at us. The hallway was soaked! I think it is safe to say the girls won :) This was the definitely the highlight of my trip.

The next day it was time to compete. The stadium was packed. The bleachers were completely filled and people watched from all around the track. I ended up jumping the worst I have ever jumped that season, but the experience was fantastic! Hopefully, I will get the chance to compete next year at states! Friday night was hung out at the hotel, and stayed up until 2. We then woke up to watch the other Kim compete. She placed 5th! It was great watching the meet, almost all the races were neck and neck! I will never forget this weekend!

Peace out Ugliesss :)