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Old 06-01-2009, 07:55 AM   #1
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GumBall Rally 2009 (PHOTO HEAVY) -Too much fun for one day!

Well, all I can say is: “Wow! That is one tiring event”! It took all of Sunday (including a screening of “UP”) to get past the aches and tiredness of what is the Gumball Rally. Since we participated in the practice rally, we kinda knew what to expect, it was just 3 times longer!
I was most concerned for myself and how I would be about 6pm or so, as we always spend long days at the resort, but not at such a frantic pace! Again our team (Without A Clue) was myself and my 3 kids. We had won the practice rally earlier last month, but that was MUCH smaller and a lot fewer teams. We knew we had our work cut out for us….
Here is what the morning looked like at HoJo’s:


Darkbeer being, well, Darkbeer!
“The Crew”

Leaving HoJo’s and heading to Disneyland:


Well, it was a no brainer for the first ride:


A compilation of ride shots throughout the day:

















After running around like madmen (and women) all day we finally get back to the finish line ( at HoJo’s) at 7:54, and we are exhasuted. The line to turn in our packets was fairly larger (about 50 people). After listening to others, we wonder if we can make it into the top 10. We’ll have to wait and see…
The long wait for the results, and an awesome party at Castaway Cove:









The results are in! 2nd Place!

To our surprise, my wife had this waiting for us when we got home!


Thanks to all who coordinated this event this year, it was a blast and I can’t wait for next years!
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Awesome stuff Al. And awesome that you got your own little Gumball Machine!!!
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Great photos! Congrats on 2nd place!
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Congrats Al!!! It was so good to see you guys! I'm glad you had so much fun.
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wonderful pictures! Looks like you guys had a great time!
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Congratulations!

What a great trip report and how awesome that you got your own gumball trophy!
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Great re4port. It lookls like you had a blast. Congrats on placing 2nd.
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You guys are deadly! That was a tiring day, thanks for sharing your pictures!!
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Thanks for sharing your pictures! Congrats on 2nd place!
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Great day and great Trip Report!

You all were a lot of fun to talk to and hang out with on the Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer!
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Super job you guys !!! Thanks for posting your pics !!
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congrats on 2nd place!! i cant wait to be a part of it next year!!
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