CJ and I were lucky enough to help volunteer at the RAGAR 2011 race this year.
We were "THE V SQUADS" official volnteers.
(Mary Kaye was a volunteer also but she did not get to work with us.
When signing up for your shift you were supposed to go online
to the official volunteer site and choose a shift. I signed onto
the website and saw this shift and thought this was perfect...
X 1:00 to 6:30 at the Morgan High School
So I signed us up for this and soon got an email with our comfirmation.
The only thing that I could see wrong with it was that I thought the shift for the
afternoon and it was actually for
1:00 AM to 6:30 AM by the time that
I realized this it was too late to change. So according to the Clock in the little
car we started our shift promptly 1/2 hour early.....
We had actually left our house at about 10:30 pm cause we were
so excited and did not want to fall asleep and miss our shift. Kenzie's
team was at our house to shower, eat lasagne and just rest so we
did not want to disturb them. We tried to park by the school and go
to sleep but we could not do it.
This was VOLUNTEER HEADQUARTERS (in the middle of the night)
I am not sure but I think that this was us. We were in charge of stopping
traffic and crossing the runners. I had to guide them and get them in and
out of the chutes. Now I am not a runner and don't even profess to know
what running in the middle of the night does to your mind, but some of these
runners were very disoriented.....they looked like deer running into headlights
most of the time. (Good thing we were there to guide them) CJ had to stop the cars
and did alot of dancing. (I even think that her arms were very sore from all the fancy
traffic directing)
This is the lovely gear that we were fortunate to wear. Thanks to Rog for the
fancy headgear that kept me safe from getting ran over. (see the car in the background)
I am sure that they only saw the little head lamp on my forehead and not the very large and
bright florescent vest I was wearing.....
Our truck had a little hiccip going up over RAGNAR HILL and GUARDSMAN PASS.
Jim and I had to go up to Park City the next night and rescue it. This was the very last
chute for the runners as they began their final descent into Park City. I wish that we
could have been there to cheer Mackenzie on to her victory finish.
They had to run down this hill into the last chute.
Here is the poor worn down FORD. Notice the skilled mechanic
climbing into the drivers seat to investigate the damage.
Key in the ingition, baby starts right up.....They had left some
transmission fluid on the floor board (thanks Dr Jed we owe you)
After putting in some more transmission fluid we (the skilled mechanic)
had to check to see how much was in there. We checked many times
before it finally registered.
I am glad that the skilled mechanic was there cause I could not
locate the hole that the big long reader thing had to be put back into.
Good thing I am married to him.
We then rode into town while the transmission fluid was settling.
We went to Maverik and got a drink and some gas and then back
up the hill to start the big truck again and see if we thought we could
make it home. You really hate to be towed out of Park City in shame as
all the runners are running by..... (please note below, others were not
as fortunate as we were and did have to make the TOW OF SHAME)
I tried to take these pictures while driving a stick shift out of town. I just held the camera up to the window and snapped. I was hoping for some nice pics from the finish line. Oopps doesn't look like it turned out like I thought it was going to.
