Hey Everyone,br /br /Sorry for the delay in posting..... The travel here was long but seamless. nbsp;No broken skis or lost luggage! nbsp;The last 24 hours has been great - first of all, Rob and Buggz (yep, a cat that LOVES the car!) dropped me off at the Anchorage Airport:br /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2Ic9e5i1UI/AAAAAAAAAdI/Cfj2SoP24tg/s1600-h/P1270013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2Ic9e5i1UI/AAAAAAAAAdI/Cfj2SoP24tg/s200/P1270013.JPG" width="200" //a/divbr /br /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2IdVgNcjaI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/k7_nqE7jWOc/s1600-h/P1270016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2IdVgNcjaI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/k7_nqE7jWOc/s320/P1270016.JPG" //a/divbr /(One of those funny hold your arm out as long as you can self shots right before I went through security)br /br /The plane ride was funny because many people on the plane were reading the newspaper and I was on the cover. nbsp;People kept recognizing me and congratulating me - I even autographed some newspapers! nbsp;(This is a very surreal experience for someone that isn't used to this kind of attention) Thanks to Mike Campbell for writing a really nice story and Erik Hill for the pictures. If you want to read the article, here is a link:br /br /http://www.adn.com/sports/olympics/story/1110936.htmlbr /br /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2IfovrzHlI/AAAAAAAAAdY/lygCQnzM6xE/s1600-h/P1270010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2IfovrzHlI/AAAAAAAAAdY/lygCQnzM6xE/s200/P1270010.JPG" width="200" //a/divbr /br /We had a short layover in Seattle and my parents drove to the airport to give me a hug... my mom brought her co-workers Olympic flag to greet me at the airport. My parents are excited and proud as you can imagine. nbsp;I appreciate that they have always supported me doing whatever it is that I want to do!br /br /br /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2IcOL_a2yI/AAAAAAAAAdA/iUf8noj-S2M/s1600-h/P1270018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2IcOL_a2yI/AAAAAAAAAdA/iUf8noj-S2M/s320/P1270018.JPG" width="320" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"br //divbr /After two flights, luggage, customs, the drive, and getting some food we checked into our temporary condo and went to sleep around 11:30pm - EXHUASTED!br /br /But today, we woke up for our am training session to this.....br /br /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2Ii5URCSsI/AAAAAAAAAdg/PPa_LzvUw_Q/s1600-h/P1280022_50p.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2Ii5URCSsI/AAAAAAAAAdg/PPa_LzvUw_Q/s320/P1280022_50p.JPG" //a/divbr /div style="text-align: center;"Canmore is awesome... the Rockies surround the venue/divdiv style="text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2IkIS_preI/AAAAAAAAAdo/0RitEmKbCAc/s1600-h/P1280024_50p.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2IkIS_preI/AAAAAAAAAdo/0RitEmKbCAc/s200/P1280024_50p.JPG" width="200" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"Flags of all the ski countries/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"br /a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2ImLmJAokI/AAAAAAAAAdw/jITt48oKHWs/s1600-h/P1280028_50p.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2ImLmJAokI/AAAAAAAAAdw/jITt48oKHWs/s320/P1280028_50p.JPG" //a/divdiv style="text-align: center;"br //divdiv style="text-align: center;"PERFECT grooming/divdiv style="text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2ImriJDgFI/AAAAAAAAAd4/f7bBYHVYyOk/s1600-h/P1280032_50p.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wl4EmOZ6xTM/S2ImriJDgFI/AAAAAAAAAd4/f7bBYHVYyOk/s320/P1280032_50p.JPG" width="240" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"Team APU going to the Olympics! James Southam, Holly Brooks, Kikkan Randall, and Coach Erik Flora (the only non-US Ski Team coach coaching at the Games!)nbsp;/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"This afternoon we got some groceries and are going on a short run here in town. nbsp;My legs and arms felt really junky this morning in training but that is to be expected after a super hard training week followed by three days off and long travel. nbsp;I'm ecstatic to be here - thanks so much everyone for your emails, facebook messages, and voicemails, and kind words. nbsp;/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"More to come soon!nbsp;/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"Holly :)nbsp;/divdiv style="text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6401505974719455979-1267603360888549698?l=hollyskis.blogspot.com' alt='' //div