This weekend was the Kokopelli triathlon.  We stayed the night in Kingman on Thursday night before heading up to St George on Friday.  We set up camp at Sand Hollow state park and it was a hot weekend again.  Fortunately the gale-force winds we've become accustomed to kept their distance.  Aside from the heat, the weather was quite good.  I was glad that Jessica decided to do the Sprint triathlon after all, as she hadn't trained much in the past month.  Alan, Jordanna, Bryant, and Jessica competed. Jessica did really well.  She placed second in her division and had another personal record! 

After the race was over, they were handing out the awards and having the prizes raffle.  So few people stayed for this portion that there was only a handful of people there to try for prizes.  Jessica insisted on leaving but I told her to stay a few more minutes.  Sure enough, within a few minutes she landed a $500 gift card for a sunglasses retailer!  Now we'll both get some very nice sunglasses.

It was also Jessica's birthday.  The big 3-0!  We had booked another night at the campground but they were all tired of the heat, so they decided to pack up and head back to Jordanna's house. We relaxed in their air conditioned home and had a fun little party for Jessica. 

Kokopelli 2010 Triathlon Pictures

The last time I ran in this triathlon, I got no sleep because of the hurricane winds, the race was delayed because of weather, and the swim was cancelled.  I decided then that I wasn't going to run in this one again, but that I would still attend as much as possible to support Jessica and because they are a bit of a Jorgensen family reunion.  Our tent poles are permanently damaged from one of these adventures.  I am grateful they decided this was the last time they would do this triathlon and would be switching to another one.  I may pick up my racing bib again.

Here's Susan getting into the fun of the weekend: