Igls, Austria - visit with Brad!

Originally, the (unfortunate) plan was that I would leave for Europe for the second half of the World Cup tour, Brad would leave a day later for the second half of the Europa Cup tour, and while we'd be in Europe together we'd be in different parts. Then he'd return home, I'd continue with the North American portion of World Cup, and we simply wouldn't see each other for (gasp!) 8-9 weeks!

But that all changed after the Altenberg World Cup. As we were driving, I learned that one of our coaches was planning on making the 2+ hour drive from our next stop, Königssee, to Igls, where Brad was wrapping up his week. And it was an off day for us...

I hitched a ride.

We left Königssee at 7am, arrived at 9:15am for their 9am race, only to find that, surprise surprise, it was canceled for snow! Hahahahahaha.....can't seem to escape the snow! But it was so nice to see Brad!


Oh well, we grabbed a coffee with the team, and then headed down to the awards ceremony. (Though the second race was canceled, they had held the first race the day before and then turned that race into two one-heat races.)

As is usual in Igls, some excitement ensued.


After the first barrage, Brad was ready...


One of our teammates made a monster ball. To match his monster hat. ;)


It went into the melee but I'm not sure who if anyone it hit, since I was ducking.

The most beaten victim? The wall behind us.


Then, sadly, it was time to hit the road back to Königssee. Only an hour or two, but it was a much needed interruption in our 2+ months apart!