We leave in 4 days!!

Hello!

Kali and I are both getting very excited about the race!! We leave on Friday the 19th from Salina and fly to Denver, Colorado (Centennial Airport). We are fortunate it is only about a 3 hour flight! We will be in Denver until Tuesday the 23rd, the day the race begins. During our time in Denver we will be in briefings and meetings a lot of the time. Also, while in Denver we are hoping to get to see some friends and family during our down time.

Since we are girls one of our big concerns was our outfits. Last week we got matching tops for every day of the race. They also all happen to be purple to show our K-State pride! We also have very similar shoes and very similar khaki pants...needless to say, we are going to look cute!!

Since we are in a Cessna 172 (G1000 thankfully) we can't take much luggage. So deciding what to take and what to leave home has been difficult. My parents are coming after the race for the post race activities which will be great because they can bring more clothes then! But we are trying to limit everything into one backpack. We will only need a weeks worth of clothing and thank goodness its summer! Also, we will be needing to pack some food and some water for our journey. We are thinking like breakfast and energy bars to get us through the race plus lots and lots of water! I hope our little skyhawk can handle this all!!

For preparing for the race I have been reading diaries of ladies who have competed in the race in past years. This has been very helpful. I have been learning a lot about how things work and what other teams have done to succeed. Without those diaries I would be very nervous right now!

Keeping checking our blog during the race, hopefully we will have time to update and post pictures!!