I know Rolex bills itself as #bestweekendallyear, but for real they ain’t lying. I have so much to cover (boy, it was action packed) and a ton of media, so I’m gonna have to break it up into a couple posts. Plus I’m currently sitting in the back of an Uber on the way to the airport, and posting from a phone is annoying, therefore I can’t do this all at once. But alas – here’s a Friday recap!
I left off last week with our arrival on Thursday. Our camping spot was ridiculously amazing (for real like 100′ from the front gates) as was the RV rental that Hillary found on RV Share. 110% the best way to Rolex. We had a few too many ciders at the taco party on Thursday night, so we were able to sleep in a little on Friday and still have plenty of time to hit up the trade fair.
I know several other bloggers got a ton of stuff, but I’ll have to disappoint you right off the bat. My spending money was slim and I didn’t find much that I wanted anyway (aside from the $5700 CWD, of course), so I mostly just got a few shirts and some gifts. Apparently I cannot resist anything that is billed as a fundraising effort for an OTTB organization.
When he went in we just pulled up the live feed on Hillary’s phone and watched his test from our hillside.
Then we headed up to pick up our packets for the RK5K. Hillary might never forgive me for this but somehow I totally tricked her into running it with me. And although she is not a runner, she certainly is not a quitter either, because she dug in and got it done like a champ. Granted, I’m pretty sure she wanted to punch me for at least 60% of it, but we finished it together and hey… we got cool shirts and a few good stories out of it. There are certainly worse places to run than KHP!
Our total mileage on Friday between all the walking and the 5k was over 9 miles. We earned our pizza and early bedtime, especially since the next day was XC…
Are you going through withdrawal yet? LOL I did last year. It’s a real thing.
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I have a major horse show hangover.
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Camping out in an RV looked like an awesome way to get the full experience! And I’m gonna have to agree on the #bestweekendallyear (although my bank account might not? lol)
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You made it rain all over the trade fair. Kind of jealous!
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Haha at least I have the (semi) excuse that I was shopping for other people as well, so not everything I bought was for myself! Although I still indulged WAYYYY too much 😂 thank God I sold a ton of photos the week before Rolex, or I’d be eating a lot of ramen noodles this month!
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I found a super fun shirt, texted it to the hubby with “I NEED” and he said get it. Then I tried it with the 4Star 2+1 and the margarita jump and they didn’t work quite as well…
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Glamping at horse show events is my fav… looks like a fab Friday!!!
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So much fun. Not enjoying the horse show hangover quite as much though!
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Everything hurts and I’m dying
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Ah man this brings me back! I loved watching the warm ups – actually especially the pre rides folks did on stadium day were particularly fascinating
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Good call on spectating this day. Warm up is a lot more interesting than actual competition much of the time. Sounds like SO MUCH fun!
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That RV is epic
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