Racin' with my Gnomies...

Yesterday, Nicky, Julie, Jessica and I participated in the Mile High Amazing Race which is a benefit for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I love the Amazing Race and one day I want to apply for the real show...and although this race wasn't as much like the show as I would have liked, it was great fun!

Me and my gnomies: Nicky, Jessica and Julie

We started at the Pepsi Center where we got our first clue...we headed to Jet Hotel to meet with cancer survivors and talk to them about their stories. We then had to create a "creative" poster about their life. We interviewed an adorable 2-year-old named Aiden who wants to be a snowman when he grows up...that's a good goal, I would say!

We then headed to Confluence Park where we had a choice to either kayak/tube down the Platte (which has some pretty significant rapids) or build a tent in which 3 of the teammates were blindfolded. Since I can't even build a tent with my sight, I voted for the river and the rest of the team agreed...Jessica was a rock star and went down the rapids twice in order to grab the token we needed to show at our checkpoint. She even managed to completely flip over in the tube...gold star for Jessica (who was soaking wet and remained pretty damp for the rest of the day)!
From there we headed back to the Pepsi Center to a Crush tailgate where we had to convince someone to "shave" (really, just a buzz cut) their head. We convinced some poor kid to do it...I think his name was Brandon? What a rock star he was.

We then headed to Croc's bar where we had to decipher the bloody mary recipe in 4 pitchers...I sat this one out as I'm sick (thanks, Morgan!) and can't taste anything. My teammates were rock stars (heavy drinkers?) and got them all right.

Our second to last stop was at Civic Center Plaza where we had to sell 4 hot dogs to raise $ for the local chapter...Nicky was a rock star and sold hers for $20, I sold mine for $1 and sold Jessica's to a bunch of middle school skate boarders for probably 50 cents...Julie called her sister-in-law and sold a hot dog long distance for $30! Go team!

Our final checkpoint was at the Bovine Theatre where we had to do Improv. Someday I'm going to do an improv class...Nicky had to guess what we acted out and she did great: Julie was "envy", I was CSI and Jessica was Jessica Simpson. The bummer part was the 16th street mall shuttle broke down and we had to walk a long, long way to get there...thanks RTD!

In between all of these we did a bunch of other random stuff like take pictures with bald guys, collect trinkets from businesses, fundraised pennies and called my mom and made her research Leukemia and Lymphoma online to answer a bunch of questions...Thanks mom!

One of the random cell phone pics with a bald guy!

It was good fun and I'd definitely do it again. I came home and lapsed into a coma (interrupted by coughing fits)...and although it probably delayed my recovery from my illness, I'm so glad we did it...and, I had the most amazing team with the most amazing t-shirts, ever!