Hey everyone! No one can believe
that today is the last full day and last night of TWB 2016. It was full of
bonding and having fun. It is crazy how fast this trip went by.
The first stop we made was a rest
stop. Some people were asleep so they missed this great stop to use the
bathroom. It was so quiet without Evan’s beautiful singing!! Everyone was fast
asleep until we got to Churchill Downs in Kentucky.
The second stop was Churchill
Downs. This is the home of the Kentucky Derby, the oldest continuous race in
America!! We got a tour by our amazing tour guide, Annie (she was only 16 but
did a great job!!). We also got to see where the horses are held before the
race and where they walk out to the track. Standing in the winner’s circle made
everyone feel like a winner!! It was very hot and muggy, very different from
the dry heat we’ve been experiencing recently (we missed that 125 degree heat).
We know that we are close to the humid East Coast now. We then went inside to
the museum where we got to see a movie. It was set up where it went around the
room like the track did (WITH SPINNY CHAIRS WAHOO). It was a great movie and
made everyone want to go the Kentucky Derby. We got an hour to walk around and
see the rest of the museum along with buying gifts and food, for you of course.
Going to Churchill Downs was a neat experience.
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| 142nd KENTUCKY DERBY HERE WE COME!!! |
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| Jeffrey, Gina, Preston, Chloe and Grace ready for the derby! |
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| Future winner's in the Winner's Circle! |
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| Ross, Parker and Evan... such cute little darlings! |
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| John and Zack, those look great! |
We then stopped at a truck wash to
clean the bus and vans. Everyone got out of the bus and the vans to vacuum and
wash them to be ready to go for tomorrow. Some decided to have a water fight
with water bottles and got back on our nice clean vans soaking wet (probably
the cleanest we’ve been too).
For dinner the cooks whipped up
some delicious KFC or at least served it to us with KFC buckets on their heads!
We went to the original KFC!!!!! Some of us got great shirts to fit our new
enlarged stomachs but all were satisfied with a delicious dinner of chicken, mac
& cheese, green beans, a biscuit and a choice of sweet tea or lemonade. The
original KFC was somewhat of a museum with a statue of the Colonel himself and
old chicken artifacts! It was neat to see the set up of the original.
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| Erin, Evin and Mitchell working on their pouring skills |
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| Thank you cooks for this gourmet meal! |
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| Parker and Zack... who will be the next Iron Chef America? |
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| Preston, Tripp and Grace |
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| Hannah and Samantha |
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| Ellen, Ayla, Dani and Maddi |
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| Sydney, Alex, Riley and Caroline |
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| Josh can't wait to dig in! |
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| Mikayla and Naz |
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| Reid was so excited about finally having sweet tea! |
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| Jennings, Becca and Donovan |
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| Megan, Ross, Olivia and Makayla |
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| Charlie eating a piece of chicken the right way! |
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| Mckenzie, Harrison, Dylan and Peighton |
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| Madison and Emily |
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| Megan and Meredith |
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| Kathryn and Brylee |
After dinner we went straight to
the campsite for the night. We stayed at the Levi Jackson State Park. Right
when we got there we unpacked and went down to the stage near our site to do
the “talent” show. Every group came up with something to show what TWB Trip 2
was all about. People were called out and memories of the trip were shared.
Even the counselors got up to tell their stories and imitate the participants!!
Jokes were shared and many laughs were shared among the group on our last
night. It was a great end to a great array of competitions. At the end they announced
the winners of the competition and the trip in general. The Happy’s took the
win for the competition, the Sneezy’s took the win for the best cooks and took
the win for the overall best group; the rest of us think it was bribery.
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| HAPPY'S |
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| DOPEY'S |
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| SLEEPY'S |
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| SNEEZY'S |
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| BASHFUL'S |
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| GRUMPY'S |
In Levi Jackson State Park we got
to stay inside in a cabin style setting with 6 to 8 bunk beds in each and we
had the option of the cabin or outside on tarps. Most chose (tried) to stay up
all night so they would not miss anything and have extra time to bond with
people!
Today was a great day to be the
last full day of a trip of a lifetime. No one can believe that tomorrow we will
be departing. That will be an experience in itself. We are excited to see all
of you but we are sad to leave our family of 82 as we come home. Maybe one of
you will be lucky enough to take us all home with you! We cook and clean
ourselves however areas with a Wal-mart close by are preferable. But on a more
serious note, we can’t wait to see y’all! This trip may have been the trip of a
lifetime but we were always goin to Carolina (or Virginia, or Kentucky) in our
minds. See you soon.
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| THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, GRANT! |
