High Falls Camping = Terrible, Tri= GREAT

Kyle and I had a very mixed weekend, and we are so glad to be home right now sitting in the AC in our pajamas. Chris had his half ironman race this weekend in Macon, GA on Saturday, so Kyle and I thought it would be fun to go camping around there and then be there to watch the race. We reserved a spot at High Falls Campground, and unfortunately it wasn't anything we wanted it to be. I guess we should have known it wasn't peak season for tents, since it was 96 degrees outside, but we were basically the only ones. We got there, and on the way to pick out a site we let a big RV drive by us AND he didn't swing wide enough and scratched Kyle's entire bumper. So that was fun having to switch insurance information, etc.
The sites weren't nice at all, and there was NO privacy and no trees. On top of that there was a playground 40 feet from our site with tons of kids, and we were sweating profusely putting up our tent. Kyle wanted to go to a hotel but I insisted we stick it out camping for a night since we had already paid for it... bad decision. Neither one of us got any sleep because we were trying to sleep ON TOP of our sleeping bags and STILL sweating, plus Tyson kept growling at all the noises he was hearing. So that was our camping experience :( Oh and our extension cord wasn't long enough to reach the table, so we had to cook our grilled cheese in the back of our car... ha.
We woke up at 6:00 this morning to take showers and head to Macon for Chris' race. We picked them out of the crowd while they were waiting for their group to enter the water, so I got to take a picture.
Chris' friend, Adam, also competed in the Half Ironman. Adam is hilarious and his mission was "to not die". If you all don't know a half ironman is swimming 1.2 miles, biking 56 miles, and running 13.1 miles. It's insane and we were so proud of Chris & Adam for doing it! Here the whole group of white caps (ages 25-34) going into the 1.2 mile swim:
So here is Chris smoothly going through all the steps, like no big deal and posing for all my pictures. He could TOTALLY have done the whole Ironman!

Running up the hill from the swim to the transition area:

The transition area where he's getting out of swim clothes into bike:Coming back from the 56 mile bike ride and feeling strong!

Off to run 13.1 miles:Kyle & Chris afterwards:

We are so proud of you Chris and glad we could go and watch you complete the Half IronMan! (When Chris crossed the finish line the D.J. announced that Chris was getting married in a week... Kyle told him to!)

Okay so after Chris' race, we went back to the campsite and packed up. Even though we had booked it for Saturday night as well, it just wouldn't be worth it! So we got home around 5:00 and went up to the square because they were having a Wing & Rock Fest. One of Kyle's friends, Chris Dimelio from the ASU Hockey Team actually works for the radio station that was hosting the event, so we decided to go up and give it a try. There were about 3 different bands that performed and there were booths set up with all the local wing places, where you could pay money to try some of their wings! It was nice and relaxing for sure!

All the people on the square for the event: