Saturday February 28th Nate and I woke up at 4:30 to wait for our friends to gather at our house. Then we traveled up the hill to meet up with our other teamates to race in... THE SWAMP ROMP
This is a muddy, icky, sandy, swampy race they have at the marine base in Kaneohe. You race with a team of six and must stay with your team throughout the race. We had a girls' team and a guys' team. Amongst the running are hurdles, large swamp areas, crawling through sand, a run through the ocean water, bluish grey clay mud that seemed to suck you in, and best (or worst) of all, a slide into a huge pile of thick mud about 1 foot deep, 15 feet long and 20 feet long. Most of the thick mud came off during a run through the ocean water near the end, but we were still worthy of a wash off from a fire hose afterward. When I took a shower at home and wiped myself dry, I noticed the once white towel was now orange! I had to shower 3 times before the towel remained white! And then my mother in law noticed my dirt-hued skin! It was a lot of fun.
Before....
After...
I posted this video because I thought it was funny how serious the fireman seems to be taking his job. You can see Nate getting sprayed near the end:
5 comments:
I'm intrigued
...and glad it doesn't involve me.
can't wait to hear! Sound fun! But then, anything you guys do is fun...
Cool pics! That firefighter was WAY into his job. hmmm...although, as a side note (besides Nate) I am glad to see that there are quite a few pale and overweight guys in Hawaii.
Heidi! This made me laugh! The firefighter was hilarious! Thanks for sharing. Great job on the kids haircuts. If I remember correctly Ivy has always had that tongue sticking out, even as a baby! Silly girls.
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