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USA Women's National Team Gathers For Seattle Training Camp



Angel McCoughtry and her USA teammates got started practicing on Friday night.Terrence Vaccaro/NBAE/Getty ImagesMay 11, 2012 • Seattle, Wash.



The members of the 2012 USA Basketball Women's National Team gathered in Seattle on Friday for their first training camp as a 12-member team. Highlighted by an exhibition game against China at 7:30 p.m. (PDT) on May 12 at Key Arena, the weekend is the start of the USA's quest for a fifth straight gold medal in the Olympic Games.



5 Seimone Augustus F 6-0 168 04/30/84 Minnesota Lynx Louisiana State Baton Rouge, LA

6 Sue Bird G 5-9 150 10/16/80 Seattle Storm Connecticut Syosset, NY

11 Swin Cash F 6-1 162 09/22/79 Chicago Sky Connecticut McKeesport, PA

10 Tamika Catchings F 6-1 167 07/21/79 Indiana Fever Tennessee Duncanville, TX

14 Tina Charles C 6-4 198 12/05/88 Connecticut Sun Connecticut Jamaica, NY

13 Sylvia Fowles C 6-6 200 10/06/85 Chicago Sky Louisiana State Miami, FL

9 Asjha Jones F 6-3 196 08/01/80 Connecticut Sun Connecticut Piscataway, NJ

8 Angel McCoughtry F 6-1 160 09/10/86 Atlanta Dream Louisville Baltimore, MD

7 Maya Moore F 6-0 170 06/11/89 Minnesota Lynx Connecticut Lawrenceville, GA

15 Candace Parker F/C/G 6-4 175 04/19/86 Los Angeles Sparks Tennessee Naperville, IL

12 Diana Taurasi G/F 6-0 165 06/11/82 Phoenix Mercury Connecticut Chino, CA

4 Lindsay Whalen G 5-9 169 05/09/82 Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Hutchinson, MN



SO, NOAH AND NIKETOWN HAD AN EVENT FOR THE OLYMPIC TEAM LAST SATURDAY. NOAH AND NIKE PREPARED FOR THE ONE OR TWO HOUR EVENT FOR WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME. WHEN THE DAY CAME, NOAH RODE UP IN THE ELEVATOR WITH THESE WOMEN. HE DESCRIBED IT VERY HUMEROUSLY. HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO STARE BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL THEY ARE WOMEN AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THEM UNCOMFORTABLE. SECOND OF ALL THEY ARE CELEBRATIES AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO ACT FOOLISH AROUND THEM. HE SAID THE ELEVATOR WAS VERY CROWDED WITH ALL THESE TALL WOMEN AND SO HE STARED AT THE FLOOR, TRYING TO LOOK NONCHALANT WHILE DOING SO. HE SAID THESE WOMEN ARE JUST MAGNIFICENT AND THAT THEY WOULD KICK HIS BUTT WERE HE TO BE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO SCRIMMAGE WITH THEM.

Wow Dee, I am impressed.



Okay, death report. I was just at the farm and the goose is dead. Something must have gotten it last night. They gutted and ate the insides. None of us have seen Miss Kitty so I have asked Tiffany to keep her eyes open.



Tiffany had a doctor's appointment today and it appears everything is healing okay but they warned her not to injure the ankle again. Duh.



Tory, have fun in Iceland and yep we want lots of pictures.



Oh, Judi said we could hatch some eggs and give her 4 chicks for in town. Well Tiffany put 9 eggs in her incubator and 8 eggs hatched. So we are going to determine which ones are roosters and put an ad on Craig's List. They are so blooming cute. Right now they are in a big plastic container in the bathroom at the farm and Saturday, Tiff takes them over to Judi's house.

Good morning family!



I'm so aggravated that my dates for Iceland coincided with the Zois events in Richland! It sounds like you guys are going to have a ball. Please take loads of pics so I can see what I missed.



And of course, I will be sure to take lots of pics of Iceland. We’ll be driving on Route 1, the “Ring Road” highway that goes around the circumference of Iceland. Total distance is only 830 miles. We’ve heard Iceland is extremely expensive, and the towns are small, so we’re staying in a mix of hotels, hostels, and camping. No, we will not be eating whale meat or puffin, though they are both considered national delicacies. Ewwww! According to the guidebooks, the best place for a cheap meal is in gas station delis, so I expect we will be eating a lot of Icelandic 7-11 pizza-by-the-slice and hot dogs. Yummy.



Here's our itinerary.

Thu 17-May-12 Depart Seattle to Reykjavik 4:30 pm Iceland Air flight 680

May 18-19 Friday & Saturday nights in Reykjavik: Fosshotel Lind

May 20 Sunday camping in / near Snaefellsnes Peninsula (probably in Olafsvik or Grundarfjörður)

May 21 Monday sleep in Akureyri at Akureyri Backpackers Hostel

May 22 Tuesday camping in or near Lake Mývatn / Goðafoss Falls

May 23 Wednesday sleep in a guesthouse in Egilsstaðir (tentative)

May 24 Thursday sleep in a guesthouse near Vík (tentative)

Fri 25-May-12 Depart Reykjavik to Seattle 5:00 pm Iceland Air flight 681



Love Tory

My aggravations are not directed to Dee..I'm just envious that her knees, hips, and lower back permit running. I still love the idea, but can't even manage a few steps. Amusing though Dee--it does appear that you are walking. Darn photographers anyway!!!



My aggravation is that I wrote a really nice note on the blog when I was in Texas--and the internet connection went down so there was nothing I could do. Grrrrr. It's amazing how much steam it takes out of one's sails when that happens. I know Sandra has complained on occasion when the "save" function doesn't work. I've learned to copy what I've written first, so I can always redo the entry easily. Unfortunately, the copy has no place to go when the internet connection is lost.



I'm so glad Tory's doc is so attentive that he caught that unhappy mole changing its character. I remember that day when she got burned to a crisp in the Spanish sun. What misery--and perhaps, long term implications for her skin.



Kay - try Head and Shoulders shampoo for Ramon (or is it Luis?). Regardless, it works on dog's dandruff, just as well as people's. Couple times a week at first should do it.



I am SO looking forward to hanging with sisters, nieces, nephews, and whomever else. Tory will be in Iceland; Murray and Nikole working: boo hoo.

I'm just getting into it again (trail running). My partner Joan and I only ran the 5K (the event had a 50K and a bunch of other distances as well), but I placed first in the female over 60 event (OK, so there was only one of us in that event!).

That picture of the protestors is really scary.



Hope to see lots of pictures taken in Houston.



Les' 4th wife (Aunalee) is dying of cancer. When she goes I will be his last living exwife. First Frieda died, then Jerri, now Aunalee is going (wives 2, 3 & 4). Who is the last ex standing. What am I saying - the current wife has all the benefits not the ex.



Been fighting computer issues and word processing issues to the point of throwing the computer out the window. I called Diana this evening for some help. I know Tom and Sid are the computer geeks but they forget to dummy stuff down.



Looking forward to the coursing event in Richland.

Noah texted me to tell me that some protesters broke the windows at his store: