Being the AHOD, I get to come out early and make sure that all is good to go and ready for Team VA's arrival on Saturday. I arrived into Omaha (yes, Omaha) this afternoon. Team Virginia will also arrive in Omaha on Saturday. For those who have never been to Lincoln, Lincoln has the smallest airport I have personally ever seen. Lincolns' airport consists of two gates. A gate to the right and a gate to the left. When Team VA went to book their flights, it was slim pickins' into Lincoln. Plus flying into Omaha allowed our entire team to stay together on the way out and back. Yup, that's right! We managed to get 48 people on all of the same flights. (Props to American Airlines.) Got my rental car, GPS and hit the road!
This is somewhere in the middle of Omaha and Lincoln. Driver side view.
Passenger side view! (Sorry for the car shot!) I would say the drive to Lincoln from Omaha would not fall under the overly exciting category.
At the University of Lincoln, things are starting to get a little bit more exciting than the drive in. Welcome Special Olympics signs are going up. Volunteers are checking people in. Set up is occuring all over the campus. I officially have one more day until Team VA gets here. Tomorrow while I am making dorm beds, sorting keys, running some errands, attending the AHOD meeting and getting our last minute stuff together, here is what Team Virginia will be up to back in the Commonwealth.
Athletes and coaches will be departing their homes to get to Richmond by 1:00 to check in at the hotel. Once there, our HOD, Dave P, and all of our coaches will help our athletes transfer all of their clothes, etc., into their new suitcases and duffle bags. Once that process is done, Team Virginia will be boarding a bus provided by To the Bottom and Back to head to the Night with the Flying Squirrels to partake in a picnic dinner and ballgame. You still have time to purchase tickets to come watch Global Messenger, Paul Marretti, and see Team Virginia introduced on the field before the game. After the game, Team Virginia will head back to the hotel and get some sleep. The first shuttle from the hotel departs at 4:00 am! Saturday morning will be a bright and very early morning for all members of Team Virginia.
Since I am not currently where we will call "home" for the next week, I will have to post pictures tomorrow.
Again, Team Virginia is excited to share our journey with you! Daily highlights will be posted everyday. It could be a group highlight or an individual highlight. Since I am the only one currently in Lincoln, the highlight you get today is mine. It's not so much a highlight, but just something that floored me. I thought I read the sign wrong.....
Today's highlight:
The speed limit in Nebraska is 75 mph!
love the pics out the window. Looking forward to seeing the athletes!!!
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