DARING ADVENTURE #7

The final daring adventure at the Pettit had royalty and an Olympic Champion.....


Alice in Dairyland Nicole was always up for some ice fun in the Cool Zone, and Olympic Champion Bonnie Blair
knows her way around an Ice rink.

But it was a new game I created for the Cool Zone. Kayak curling. Using an inflatable kayak from Laacke and Joys I pushed "Alice" and Bonnie down the ice an into the curling scoring zone.

It wasn't easy to keep your feet on the ice while pushing the Kayak towards the curling circle..

Olympic champion Bonnie Blair was also the Kayak curling champion beating Alice in Dairyland by a nose of the kayak. In the end of 7 Daring Adventures I had almost as many medals as Bonnie Blair the major difference is I had to create my medals unlike Bonnie who won them.

DARING ADVENTURE #6

Daring Adventure number 6 gave me the chance to try and stop the puck! My first goal was to stay upright on the hockey skates.

I had to stop the high flying pucks from The Fairest of the Fair Kim, Randy Prasse the Executive Director of the Fair, and Mike from the KTI Street Team.

The only puck to get past me was when they decided it would be funny if they all shot at once...

I'm not ready for the Admirals or even some rec league team, but I'd love another Daring adventure in GOAL.

Battle of the INTERNS

Intern #1 played dirty, well sometimes in life you just have to look out for yourself. Nicely done.

Intern #1 apparently lost feeling in her knee's, resulting in mass bleeding.

Intern #3 trying to catch up to Intern #1

Counting the Bottle Caps

The winner is announced: Intern #1 wins by 4!!!!!

An Enthusiastic #1 working hard

The Rules Are: There Are No Rules!!!

DARING ADVENTURE #5

Daring Adventure #5 at the Cool Zone put me with the Pettit Center Synchronized Skating team and wear my sequence shirt again. In just a few short minutes I went from just trying to stay upright on my skates to learning choreography on skates.



This is when we spun in a circle....













This is called a "Pass through", I think? it reminded me of RED ROVER.




This is a "pinwheel"

Thanks to my synchro team for helping with my Daring Adventure.

DARING ADVENTURE # 4

This was Daring not only for me but for the "Royalty" of the Wisconsin State Fair.



It was a speed skating challenge with Fairest of the Fair, Alice in Dairyland, and the Wisconsin Honey Queen.












We raced 100 meters down the straightaway at the Pettit.



I representing the Cool Zone as the "Fairest of the Cool Zone" raced against the State Fair "Royalty".
















This was a blast, even when I found myself crashing to a stop.






The Honey Queen could definitely skate and beat me in one of the races and nearly won another.











Fairest of the Fair and Alice in Dairyland know much more about the Fair and Agriculture than speed skating, but still had a great time during our adventure.

Daring Adventure # 3

At the Wisconsin State Fair there are many wonderful things to see and do. Who doesn't love to eat something on a stick....

there's the very popular cream puffs....

and the world largest farm with all of the animals.

Today for Dan's Daring Adventure presented by Laacke and Joys I brought an element of the farm to the Cool Zone at the Pettit, as we played "Cow Chip Golf" on skates.



It was harder to throw the "Cow Chips" than you might think.






At least we didn't have any "EXPLOSIONS"!

Daring Adventure #2

Today it was a different way to view the ice. Instead of the view from on top of the Zamboni, I was up close and personal with the ice at the Pettit Center and the Cool Zone at Wisconsin
State Fair.












Today I learned about some of the intricacies from the "World of Figure Skating". With help from my coaches I learned some new skating moves. Actually I learned just skating moves, because I didn't really have any skating moves.






Along with learning the lunge...














skating on one leg.....


















a spin.....





backwards skating.....







and a small I stress a very small jump....


I learned how to fall properly which has became very important in my Figure Skating career.....







Thanks to my coaches for putting up with a less than stellar figure skater I doubt I'll be joining you for a skating competition any time soon.


On to Dan's Daring Adventure #3.

DARING ADVENTURE #1

Day 1 at the Wisconsin State Fair and Day 1 inside the cool zone at the Pettit Ice Center brought us "DARING ADVENTURE" number 1 presented by Laacke and Joys. Each day at the fair I'll attempt something new and different to test my skills at whatever it happens to be. Daring adventure number 1 could really be called life long goal number 1. Who hasn't wished at a hockey game to climb down from the stands and DRIVE THE ZAMBONI?


I mean being in charge of 4 tons of machinery would make Tim Allen proud....









So to test my skills as a Zamboni driver I put myself up to the Brady Bunch EGG on the Cone test.

How close could I get to the Cone with the Zamboni without knocking the egg off the cone?

How close could I get to the cone without knocking off the egg? Would the egg break all over the Pettit oval? Why the heck would they let me even drive this giant Zamboni?

Well because I have "SKILLS"! Without being able to see a thing I did get pretty close.










Marsha Brady would be proud.





See you inside the Cool Zone at the Pettit during State Fair.