After a great time in Montana we had to travel over to Champery to meet the US Junior Girls after their trip over here. We said bye to Anita and drove through the beautiful valley and up the mountain to the little village. I was surprised to see race signs everywhere!
They have such a great program over here! My dad checked into his hotel but it was still pretty early so we decided to ride the course. It was AWESOME. I mean dream course for Meghan! Even though I could not ride the first drops, I still loved how short and technical it was. Such a great course for racing! I was a little bit intimidated as little kids were riding the technical sections faster than me, but I still was stoked for the race! We went to the hotel and cleaned up, but we had no idea where to find the girls. We were sure they were here, but we did not have any one's phone number and did not know the address. Finally we drove around and saw the team going out to ride the course. 
It was great seeing them finally and they told us where to go. The house is beautiful and great for the team to live in. Right in the heart of the mountains, it has a great location, not far from the race venue. Day 9-
Preride!! The team went over to the race course to practice the technical sections and it was a lot of fun.
I got everything down and I was so excited to race on Sunday. The girls were riding great and we all were a little relaxed about racing. 
Ginos race was the next day because he had to race in Hard. There were a few intense crashes along the way, but finally we seemed to get getting the lines, or deciding to run!
After pre-riding we took a nice dip in the creek- although Gino, Alicia and I were the only ones who went in all the way! :D Got some much needed rest for Gino's race day! Day 10-
Gino's race day! The rest of the group took a nice ride up the mountain, through the farms and up some steep climbs. Gino's race went very well- we were more or less expecting the worst and we were quite wrong! The girls drew on our stomachs to say GO GINO.... and this led to many photos taken by swiss people we dont know :)
It was great fun, as Ellen, Linnea and I pretty much sprinted around the course cheering for Gino.
He had a great race- starting in 52 place out of 61 and ended up finishing 24th! It was a great effort and we were all stoked for him!
The girls are all stoked for tomorrows race so it should be exciting! :D
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