Podium

Madison is seen above on our winner's podium for our Olympic set - it's been a good series thus far, and even has three weeks to go until it is done.  Can you believe the Olympics are almost here again?  Amazing.  Even more amazing is that our cruise is just a few short weeks away, followed closely by Madison's first day of kindergarten!  It'll all be here in an instant.

Tonight after church, I made an emergency trip up to Neels Gap to pick up the family on the Appalachian Trail.  The thought was that they wouldn't be making it until tomorrow, however, they made good time today and got there actually early in the evening.  Rather than spend another drenched night out camping, Daddy drove up after church as fast as he could.  Surprisingly, a trip up 400 got him there in about an hour or so.  There they all were, huddled in the darkness, quietly waiting for my arrival.  What a sight!  But they had quite an adventure, and Daddy heard only bits of it on the way back home.  Everyone went straight to sleep when they arrived, and Daddy himself got back home afterwards a little after midnight, glad to be able to help out and get them home earlier.

Today we did some more filming for our Olympic series, and continued with our "Splash-O-Gram" commercials, a service that helps you beat the heat:  you can pay a company to ambush a friend with a bucket of cold water.  It's a funny idea, and it's been pretty popular with our audience lately.  The heat has been so intense, it made perfect sense to channel that energy.

Again, it was a late night - and a lot of driving after church this evening.  It's time to get some rest, but at least there'll be some sleeping in tomorrow.  Nothing on the schedule whatsoever!