Patrick's pins and his room

Here are Patrick's favorite pins.

I am also very impressed with Patrick and Adam's room. It is very neat and well maintained.

Patrick's Pins

View from the registration area

This is a major area of pin trading. This is also where the pizzas are being delivered.

From Wednesday Cut 2

Adam comments on DI

From Wednesday Cut 2

2000 pizzas

At registration, DI was serving Papa John's pizza. I was curious as to how many DI ordered so I asked.

Here is the response

Pizza Interview

It is so much fun here. I had forgotten how exciting it is here! The dorms are really different for the hotel. Here is a summary of our day. We woke up in Tennessee! After driving a little bit we were in Nashville. We ate breakfast and got back on the rode again. After a long time we arived in Knoxville! We checked in, witch took hours, and went to our dorms. Then we checked out the swimming pool and went back to get our swimming suites. On the way there we ran into my dad Mike who had shown the driver his room he said we should eat then go swimming. So we went back to the dorms and got our pin books and went to dinner. After dinner we came back to our dorms and got our swimming suits on and went swimming. We all jumped off the hight diving bord except the parents. After we swam we traded pins. It was a great day. I can't wait tell opening ceremonies.

Dorm Life

Folks,

Here is dorm life in all of its resplendent glory -

Dorm

No wi-fi. I am still existing on Steve Kiene's generous donation of his Verizon card. The beds are not made. I made both of ours (very nicely, I might add).

There are loud and obnoxious kids running the halls (curfew is at 9:00 PM).

Despite it all, it is wonderful. We are on campus and in the heart of everything.

It is great.

There is no turning back Lea, Ted, Mary and Megan ;-).

Patrick

Coment from Adam: "drinking foutain on our floor tastes bad."

In the dorms the pillows are plastic! The covers are really hard to get on. I got some really nice pins. Some weird teenagers are howling to be "cool." It is really annoying. There are a lot of bird calls i don't know if they are people or real animals. There is only a TV down on the first floor. I wish that they were also in the rooms. There is no radio or entertainment in the rooms also (besides my DS and other people's electronic devices).

From Adam

we started pin trading today! i have a ton of new hampshire pins and 2 muddy waters. 2mrw i am hoping 2 get some intrenational pins. i have 1 '08 pin from china w/ the great wall on it. it is cool. the dorms we r in dont look very bad not (nescerarily good) but they dont look 2 shabby. were on the 7th floor of 8. but a really nice thing is the curfew inside the courtyard is 9-9 so pchycho high schoolers cant wake us up when ever. and the pillows that they give you fell like the stuff the dentist's put on you, the little bib thingermabobs. OH! it is 9:07 and i just heard some pychos again. hopefully they will be taken care of (dun dun dundun) well c yall later! <<((--__--))>>

Kelsea Interviews

I tried creating an uploading a video. I hope you enjoy it.

From Kelsea interviews

Comments and Pictures

I located a few more pictures.

I also changed the settings for comments. Anyone can add a comment, so please add comments. I will read them to the team.

More Pictures

I apologize for the blurry ones.

Even More Pictures

Nashville

89 people descended upon a McDonald's outside of Nashville. We were minutes from the airport so Kristin and crew, and Lea and Mary, the crew awards the McDonalds on exit 216 a big thumbs up.

Jim, Patrick, Cecilia, Kelsea and I walked to a gas station advertising a "deli". We award the "deli in a gas station" a big thumbs down.

Kelsea purchased a syruppy chocolate milk (480 calories).

I snaped a few more pictures.

I changed the comments' settings. Anyone can post. You do not need to login. I will read comments to the kids.

Bus 3

Adam

we r watching some movie about a river and stuff . i am getting bored. i have nothing to do. i am really hungry really

Patrick

Well we are in tennesse and the bus is cold by the window but warm by the aile. We are watching The River Goes Through It. So far so good. It is kind of violent but it is about two brothers they like to fly fish. One day I will learn to fly fish. Tennesse has a lot of trees by the roads. uh oh! Some one got pulled over by a cop car. Darnet my DS is dead. We are going over bridges and they are very bumpy. We just got in Nashville YAY!!!!

hi, we are in TN. yea! we are watching a river runs through it. It is 6:35 in the morning, no one got a good sleep on the bus we all woke up with sore backs and excitement to be closer to our destination. excitement was aroused early this morning when we drove by the St.Louis arch.

Tennessee

"Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be,
Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee."

We crossed into Tennessee 30 minutes ago. The bus stopped in a rest area. Tennessee is a gorgeous tree happy state. It makes for great traveling but poor cel connectivity.

We have one breakfast stop and roughly 4 1/2 hours of driving.

After approximately 5 hours of sleep, the DVD player is running, Nintendos are nintendo'ing and with a litle luck batteries are charging. I should be able to share more pictures soon.

Mike

from <<((--__--))>> (adam and patrick)

Adam
now we are watching National Treasure number 3.next er are watching elf. not much has happened yet it is still light 'cause we r going east so it is not dark.

Patrick
Well ummm...... I am listening to my mp3 player and playing the DS. It is very boring in the bus. I want to play mario kart but i dont know anyone that owns it. The little <<(-_-))>> adam made is supposed to be yoda. It is 7:59 and we just hit a really bumpy spot. OH! We picked up a Plattsimth team in Plattsimth common sence to pick up plattsmith team in plattsmith. LOL (for you people that dont know what lol is it means Laugh Out Loud just a FYI) ( if you dont know what FYI means then you are a lost soal. FYI mean for your information) Oh it 8:04 and another big bump in the road. Dang potholes!!! Everyone tell your "friends" about this blog.

From Kelsea

We are sitting on a bus watching National Treasures, and playing Mario Kart with a team from North Platt. We have been riding for around three hours and we are now in Missouri. We really like the bus, its "awsome" but a bit chilly. We are all very excited and cant wait to get there, I wonder if anyone is going to sleep tonight.

From the Bus

Well, I had hoped to have a bit more battery but it appears that my plans to pull juice from the bus did not work.


Oh well, here are some pics from the bus.

Bus to Globals

Irving DI Parents

As our team prepares to compete at Global Finals, I'd like to thank our parents. You have all been wonderful and have been very open to every twist and turn that participation in Destination ImagiNation entails.

You have also helped to ensure that our first year of DI at Irving has been a resounding success.

But more importantly, by allowing and supporting your children in this endeavor, you have given them a very special gift. Global Finals is an amazing experience. As much as your children have grown through this year, expect them to continue to grow this week in Tennessee.

I can't wait to hear their tales!

The Adventure Begins!

Part of our team left Irving today just before 5 pm. They met several other middle school teams, and they are all traveling to Knoxville together. Energy and enthusiasm were high!

Safe travels everyone.