My Trip to Huntsville, Al

I had to travel to Alabama for work.  I was doing the same things as I did while I was in Texas.  There wasn't a whole lot to do in Huntsville.  Nashville was 2 hours away but everyone told me not to bother if I didn't like country music.  Here are some of the things I got to see while there.

My first meeting was at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.  Here are some of the cool rockets and shuttles located there. 

Some of the workers. This is the same shuttle as pictured above.

These guys are located all over the grounds of this museum.  They also do Space Camp here!

As boring as my meeting was it was a really nice place to visit.

Above is the oldest bank in Alabama. 

 

I have no plans on returning to Alabama in the near future but was treated with lots of hospitality and really enjoyed my time there.

Triathlon

The Scouts/ Young Men in our stake put on a triathlon each year.  Well, it's kind of a mini-Triathalon because each of the legs are shorter than a traditional race.  You start with swimming 300 meters and then you do an 8 mile bike ride and finish with a 2 mile run.
Here is a picture of me at the beginning of the race.   I had to rig up some sort of swim suit/ sports bra combo because I did not want to run with out a bra.

The swimming was a lot harder than I thought it would be.  I have not swam laps since high school so that is what I need to work on before my race next year.
There are no pictures of the second part of the race the biking, I will tell it instead.
Steve and I got bikes literally the day before the race.  I started on my bike just fine but got lost from the group literally blocks from the start of the race.  I headed over the freeway into some farm land and way out to a part of town that I did not know existed.  I left Spanish Fork and went into two neighboring town before I called Steve.  He was working a part of the route helping bikers stay on the course.  As I was on the phone with him he informed me that several people were wondering where I was.  People that were behind me had already passed him and asked if he had seen me.  Needless to say I headed back the way I came and told him that I was going back and going to start the running.
Right as I hung up the phone I crossed some railroad tracks and my back tire blew out.  So I was walking on the highway with a wet butt from the swimming (I looked like I had wet myself).  I made it to the freeway overpass and a lovely older couple offered to fix my tire.   Just as I was about to get it fixed Steve showed up with the car and threw my bike in.  Her drove me a couple of blocks to the start of the run.

I finished the race with a friend of ours (Who also had a tire blow out, not a good day for tires).
I like to finish with pizazz but as you can see I just look stupid when I run.  People told me that all the time growing up but now I have proof that they are right.
Overall it was a lot of fun and I look forward to the challenge again next year.