And They're Off!

Thursday June 26th 5:30 pm we arrived with several other competitors on the steps of City Hall. We didn't just make an entrance, we started the entire pageantry of teams. CYP graciously allowed us to drive right up the steps of city hall and do a couple laps on the lower platform. That alone makes this a memorable first race for us, and gives us bragging rights for years to come.

We're looking forward to networking with people around Columbus, sharing our love of hot peppers and biking, putting in some community service hours, and just exploring our beloved hometown. We've lived in Columbus for four years and have made several friends, but we're always looking for new and exciting experiences and people to share them with; the more the merrier.

We are festival junkies and just spent last night at the 29th POPFEST. Since James works for Salin Bank we always go and help clean up. He is always there sporadically from start to finish. Gina just wishes she could compete in the logo design competition. Things like this are what Columbus is all about. We even saw our friend Jimmy Baker there.

(Here's an inside tip to all the other teams) Jimmy Baker probably knows more about all of Columbus than anyone else we know. He has been EVERYWHERE and is helping out at every event we've been to. He was even nice enough to take our team picture, as well as one of himself. Thank you Jimmy!