So this weekend i went on my last rowing trip to Pretoria for my last races of the year. Good and bad things, i am excited not to have to wake up at 4am anymore, i am bummed i am not going to get to hang out with my friends as much and the trips are a lot of fun.
We drove on Friday to the Damn, right outside of Pretoria, which is the capital of South Africa, right next to Johannesburg. It took like 6 hours. But i am getting a lot better at car trips, it seemed really quick. When we got there we set up a bunch of tents on our campsite and started making dinner. It gets dark so early here because there is no daylight savings time. We BBQed and then went to sleep because we had races early in the morning.
The next day we raced our Girls 8, and since none of the older girls came we were the A team. We didn't do too well, our timing was a little off, but it was still a fun race. The competition was really high because this race was called SA (South Africa) champs and was for all rowing clubs, including masters teams and prep schools, along with universities.
The part that is fun about races is that after you are done with your race all you really do is hang out on the grass all day and sit in the sun. I love that part. That night we cooked some pasta and taught all the South Africans about s'mores. WHICH THEY HAD NEVER HAD! it was delicious although we had to substitute tennis crackers for graham crackers. It was a lot of fun because what would camping be without s'mores.
The next day i had my last race, a boat of four, and we did really well, coming in second. We hung around all
day, tore down the camp and then drove to a backpackers in Johannesburg where we were going to spend the last night because Monday was a public holiday and we didn't have school. There was an after party with all of the teams at a sports club that was really fun. What else? i am really glad i did rowing a met a lot of people i never would have met and did a lot of fun things i never would have done. It was a good sport but i am excited to go back to triathlons.
We drove on Friday to the Damn, right outside of Pretoria, which is the capital of South Africa, right next to Johannesburg. It took like 6 hours. But i am getting a lot better at car trips, it seemed really quick. When we got there we set up a bunch of tents on our campsite and started making dinner. It gets dark so early here because there is no daylight savings time. We BBQed and then went to sleep because we had races early in the morning.
The next day we raced our Girls 8, and since none of the older girls came we were the A team. We didn't do too well, our timing was a little off, but it was still a fun race. The competition was really high because this race was called SA (South Africa) champs and was for all rowing clubs, including masters teams and prep schools, along with universities.
The part that is fun about races is that after you are done with your race all you really do is hang out on the grass all day and sit in the sun. I love that part. That night we cooked some pasta and taught all the South Africans about s'mores. WHICH THEY HAD NEVER HAD! it was delicious although we had to substitute tennis crackers for graham crackers. It was a lot of fun because what would camping be without s'mores.
The next day i had my last race, a boat of four, and we did really well, coming in second. We hung around all
day, tore down the camp and then drove to a backpackers in Johannesburg where we were going to spend the last night because Monday was a public holiday and we didn't have school. There was an after party with all of the teams at a sports club that was really fun. What else? i am really glad i did rowing a met a lot of people i never would have met and did a lot of fun things i never would have done. It was a good sport but i am excited to go back to triathlons.
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