Adventure #6 of 7 in three days- Gymnastics Nationals

Simone Biles and her coach

Believe it or not going to the Gardner Museum, the JFK Historic site and eating lunch at McGreevy's on Friday were all just foreplay (at least for Laurie) to the main event, going to the US Gymnastics Nationals at the Boston Garden. Since I seriously doubt anyone reading this cares a whole lot about gymnastics, this will be a relatively short post.

The US Gymnastic Nationals were held in Boston from Aug 16-19. Laurie and I went to the Washington County Fair on Thursday the 16th, but she went the other three days. Obviously, after our fun day in Boston, I went with her on Friday night. Men and women compete in the nationals but not on the same night. The men competed on Thursday (preliminarys) and the finals on Sat. The woman went on Friday with the finals on Sunday.

The best gymnast in the history of competition is Simone Biles. She won four golds and a bronze at the last Olympics. Her routines are so much harder than everyone else, she could literally fall on her face at a discipline and still beat the next best gymnast in the world by a point. So needless to say everyone else competing in Boston was playing for second.

Laurie and I got there when doors opened. We walked around and she watched all the gymnasts warm up. We also went behind the announcers booth and I got pictures of the announcers including Terry Gannon. After that, we watched the competition. Simone was way ahead of everyone else after Day 1.  We had to take the T back to my car, then drive home from Braintree. I got to bed about midnight. I needed to get up at 4:20 am on Saturday morning for Adventure #7

Terry Ganon