Manny Flick #3--Mount Crew on the Schuylkill---March 29, 2015

Sunday was Manny Flick #3, which, for those who don't do Crew, is the set of five Sunday races held on the Schuylkill in Philadelphia for high schools.    

The Mount girls raced in the afternoon, so after dropping off Anna at 1, we came back, got the others, and then headed back down for an afternoon on the river.   The Mount does an amazing job...both racing, and with the tent.   These races last anywhere between 4 and 8 hours from start to finish, so there are parents who get there to set up the tent at 5 am, and then cook, barbecue, and put out food all day so that the other parents can enjoy themselves while waiting for their daughters to race.   These parents are amazing.   It takes a lot of work.   

We, on the other hand, just showed up today (we do have tent duty another day).   It was cold, but it was sunny, and it was great.  Anna's boat came in first, the boys went up and played and scoured the woods above Kelly Drive, and Lily, Chris and I sat and chatted with the other Crew parents.   The sun was shining, and it was a great day!!  

That is Anna's boat in the front...she is in a 4.   There is another boat hard to see in the back, that was in first place, but then they overtook them.  The Mount finished in first!!

   This is the Mount tent--really easy to see from above when you walk down this unbelievably treachorous path to get down to Kelly Drive.

Timmy is pretending to sleep....look at how adorable Lily and Matthew are...I never notice how red their hair is! 

                                           
                                        I love how cute these two are with each other!