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Ice Hockey puts lots of miles on your car - COMPLETE!! 8/1
My dd has been up at National Development Camp in Rochester NY for almost a week now. Luckily for me she got a ride up with a teammate that was also going up. Being asked to attend National Development Camp is a big deal as it is run by the Women's Olympic Hockey program and is your first step to the olympic team. I was so proud of my dd when she was asked to attend and knew that she would have a fabulous time but she left last Thursday morning and I'm more than ready to be reunited with her now. Unfortunately I still have a bit to go before I can see her. I'm working today until 3:00 then my 5 1/2 hour car ride to Rochester begins. With the hour that I'm leaving I'm hoping the trip won't take more than 6 hours and that I'll be in Rochester by 9:00 pm. Unfortunately that isn't when the reunion will occur. I will then check into my hotel for the night and then I will get to see my dd Wednesday morning. I am very excited. We have been talking on the phone every day but it's not the same and we haven't been away from one another this long ever.
Our plan for Wednesday is for me to watch whatever is happening at camp until camp is over. I'm hoping that my dd will make the All Star game that is happening at 9:30 am but they aren't picking that team until tonight so I will have to wait until I arrive in NY to find out. Even if she doesn't make the All Star team it will still be fun watching the games the girls not in the AS game play. When all camp activities are over we have to head to a great hockey supply store to look for new skates and gloves. After that I will proceed to put more miles on my car by heading from Rochester NY to Milford MA. DD is in a hockey tournament this weekend and it made no sense to drive 5 1/2 hrs home on Wed only to get back in the car on Thursday and drive 5 1/2 hours to MA so from NY we are heading 6 hrs to MA where we will settle in for the weekend. Thursday will consist of doing all her camp laundry and swimming in the hotel pool. The first tournament game doesn't start until 8:10 am Friday morning.
I will update periodically during my trek. I will have to set my tripometer to see the total milage I put on my poor little car from today thru Sunday. Wish me luck. It will be my first 5 1/2 hour car ride by myself as my dd is usually with me.
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I feel for you on the driving. My daughter plays travel basketball and we are gone a lot. I thought basketball season was just during a few months in the winter but I found out quickly it is a year round thing.
My middle son went to University of Rochester, so I did that drive many times, heading north on 495 instead of south. It is a long, rather boring drive with not much to see but highway. It also tended to snow a lot. Drive carefully and try to avoid Albany around rush hour. Have a safe trip!
My middle son went to University of Rochester, so I did that drive many times, heading north on 495 instead of south. It is a long, rather boring drive with not much to see but highway. It also tended to snow a lot. Drive carefully and try to avoid Albany around rush hour. Have a safe trip!
Thanks for the tip but I don't go thru Albany I go thru Syracuse where I usually get snowed on any time from October thru April
I managed to have the easiest most uneventful ride up here I have ever had. I got here in 5 hours exactly with 2 very short stops. I thought I wouldn't get to see Kelsey until tomorrow morning but I got to go by the dorm and meet her in the lobby. Of course I was handed a bag of dirty laundry and prior to my arrival she had asked me to go thru the McDonalds drive thru and get her and a friend some McFlurry's. I was so happy to see her I would have brought her pretty much anything she asked for.
Well they picked the All Star teams for tomorrow's game and my daughter made the team. It is another big step toward her ultimate goal which is to play on the women's olympic hockey team. The next winter olympics is in 2014 in Russia. Oh my!!!!! I wonder where the 2018 olympics will be held hopefully closer to the USA.
Next up a game with the top 15 yr old players in the entire United States and my daughter is one of them!!!!!!!!!
Kris I tried to go online and look to see where your daughter is playing. May I ask where and what time on Saturday? Katie and I are only about 40-45 minutes away. I tried to sent you a p.m. but I couldn't get it to go...
Congratulations on your Dd making the team. How exciting and what a wonderful goal.
I was talking about the drive from Rochester to the Boston area, not PA. A few times we cut across Vermont to avoid Albany but usually decided to bite the bullet and head down to the Mass. Pike. On the way out, I usually stayed overnight in Syracuse so I could head out after work and not try to make it all the way to Rochester (7+ hours without snow). I do not miss that drive.
If you are coming in tonight, there should be one more hot day before the gorgeous weather comes so I hope you get to spend a little time outside and enjoy New England.
Kris I tried to go online and look to see where your daughter is playing. May I ask where and what time on Saturday? Katie and I are only about 40-45 minutes away. I tried to sent you a p.m. but I couldn't get it to go...
Dawn
Our game on Saturday is at Boch Ice arena. I don't have the address on me as it's in the car but I could get it later. the game is at 3:55 pm
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Well I got up on Wednesday morning and quickly showered and headed to the dorm to pick up the rest of my dd's stuff then I hit BK for breakfast. I then went to the rink to wait for the activities to begin. The girls that weren't in the All Star game were playing in a 3 on 3 round robin so I watched that until the All Star game started. The All Star game was very fun to watch. Regulation time ended with the game tied 2 - 2 after my dd scored to tie the game. Kelsey's team won in overtime. After the game Kelsey and I met with a few prep school coaches and then headed back to my hotel so she could shower before we got on the road. We hit McDonalds for lunch (again - I had McDonalds for dinner the night before since it was right next door to my hotel and Burger King for breakfast so I'm pretty sick of fast food) and then we hit a great hockey store called Perani's and Kelsey found the skates she wanted. After she was done spending $470 we got on the road. We had already put 350 miles on my car when we left for Massachusetts which was 6 hours away. The drive was very easy thank god. We left NY around 1:30 pm and got into MA after stopping twice for very short stops around 7:30 pm. We unloaded the car and went upstairs to get organized and eat our fresh baked cookies (yes we are staying in my favorite hotel chain Doubletree because they give you cookies at check in) we got all the dirty laundry together to do wash today and ordered room service since I didn't have it in me to get back in my car and find someplace for dinner. I had a french dip and salad and my dd had a bbq pulled turkey sandwich and a salad. They were both very yummy and then we watched tv and went to bed. Up on Thursday is laundry and rest before more hockey starts on Friday for Kelsey.
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