Day Two: Turkey Run

And here is the end of day two...

I'm thinking I'll put two videos on each post, and then any extras can be saved for a later post... it helps spread the fun around!  :)  Not sure about the sound quality from these, but you can probably get the picture.

 

The Hall Hall Of Of CHAMPIONS!!

There was no competition today, but there was a little "orientation" session this morning.  Not much to write about that.

Still no article, but there was an ESPN camera at the barbecue today, taking video footage (probably for little montages before broadcasts).

And this is where most of the post will be today.  :)

All 281 spellers and families took buses to Turkey Run park and the Claude Moore Colonial Farm in McLean, Virginia.  There, we had a Memorial Day barbecue and general fun festival thing.

To give you a little idea of the scope of the hotel... this is the atrium.  On the other side of the big wall is another courtyard (that our room has a window onto) of comparable size to this room...

But first, we took a few pictures around the hotel to kill some time.

At the bottom of the picture above... there's a fountain show thing going on at this point.

So then we actually left for Turkey Run.

 

 

Turkey (at the Claude Moore Colonial Farm)

Turkey run *ahem*

We saw three or four of these little geckos in and around the wood piles on the CMCF.

Me and Dr. Bailly (the pronouncer) signing each other's autograph books

This one takes a little explaining...  So the first year we went to the Bee (2010), we also had the barbecue at Turkey Run.  And one of the things we blogged about (for those who remember) was this performer who came and juggled and balanced on stuff.  She was really good, and we thought, well, maybe she'll be there again.  She was, and of the four people she used in her act, Dad Shane the Brave was one of them.  His job was to balance the Razor-Sharp Globe of Death while she stepped up on it (and then balanced up there the rest of the show).  Go figure.

Elli's going to be the next Morgan Freeman...

And that's it for now... tomorrow we plan to go to the National Zoo and the National Archives.  Also my Round One computer test is tomorrow, though I won't have results until Wednesday night.

~Joe