Yesterday, the weather was beautiful so we decided to take a road trip to Bitburg for Devin’s cross country meet. I knew the drive would be pretty, since all the trees are changing right now, but we weren’t prepared to end up at a pretty lake for his meet, so needless to say, the drive was worth it 
We never got the email with the directions, so we thought we’d just print out directions to Bitburg, call his cell and go from there once we got closer. We are the anti-gps family, so we are always ready for an adventure lol
Well, he called us first and asked where we were as they were starting in an hour…it was then we found out they weren’t anywhere near the base lol Another one of the moms got on his phone and told us a general location, that they were at a resort near Bitburg and we went from there. Yep, we found them! The race had already started, but I did get to see him on one checkpoint and get a pic, then saw him coming to the finish line…my whole reason for going 
I think he came in 42nd or 43rd, not sure which….not sure of his time as we didn’t get final stats…
Afterwards, we went for a little drive around to Spangdalem Air Base, then to Bitburg Air Base again. Kevin had a tdy to Bitburg years ago (ok 18 years ago) and wanted to take a few pics to send to his buddy he still keeps in touch with….Here’s a pic of the hotel they stayed in, Bitburg Chapel where they apparently parked to go to the BX and hit someones car with a GOV and, of course, the last pic is probably self explanatory…we took it when we showed Devin where his fav. brewery was located LOL (you can see it from the parking lot of one of the housing areas on base lol)
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- lake in Hamm Germany…small resort area
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- He and this other runner always run together
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- Devin is on the back left…
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- Devin coming through the “chute” full force in front of jesus (?!)
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- No, he did not puke
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- catching his breath “trying” to tell dad about the course
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- had to put on some clothes to fend of a chill from the wind, plus take a cool down run…
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- Wildpark Hotel
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- Chapel across from BX
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- Bitburger Brewery
Next weekend…Heidelburg….
