Don't worry, I made it to our new hotel. And shortly after arriving Kikkan walked in! What a pleasant surprise, I thought they were going to be staying in Oslo until tomorrow. So we wandered around the oldest and largest IKEA in the world which is across the street from our hotel and then met the guys for dinner in our hotel. (The guys = Chris Grover, Chris Cook, Andy Newell, Torin Koos, Phil Bowen.)

So now it's a another group, another venue, and another race, still the same game.

The group at U23's was awesome. There was a lot of energy and a lot of excitement. I was sad to see everyone leave this morning. Most everyone flew back to the states today, a few stuck around in Europe for a spring vacation. I'm already looking forward to Spring Series/Distance Nat'ls when I get to see a lot of the ski racing community again. And I never thought that I'd say that I'm excited to go to Presque Isle, ME. I guess it's more important who's around than the actual location.