Tet Rally

The Tetrathlon Rally was hosted in a place called Vigne Farms in Santa Cruz. The  facilities at Vigne were perfect for tet. They had a nice arena and a wonderful track for running. We shot in a wide open area that they were going to build a cross-country course on. They didn't have a swimming pool but it was a short drive to the pool which was at a nearby High School.

 There were only 9 people and 3 teams. (It would have been funner with more people.) On my team were Intica and Aubrey.

On the 1st day we did riding and swimming. I borrowed Intica's pony, Jake for the riding part. The course was really fun and had lots and lots of curves, bends and rollbacks (all Nichole's idea). It even had a slip rail and a gate. The fences were decorated very prettily with flowers and fancy standards.


When we drove to the High school to swim we passed many beautiful beaches. (if anyone is going to those beaches, call me! I'll go with you!) The swimming was over almost as soon as it had begun! It went by a lot faster than I expected. It was really awesome that we got extra time after we swam to have free time in the pool.

On the 2nd day we had running and shooting. The track for running was a trail that led around the facilities. This would have been a good time for me to check out the farm but, for me, it is not exactly the easiest thing in the world to drink in the scenery while huffing and puffing your way to the finish line. :)

The shooting, as I said, was held in an area of the farm where they were hoping to build a XC course. It was perfect for shooting. I borrowed Aubrey's gun. Nothing much exiting happened during the shooting besides a dog running in and some people chasing it around trying to get it to go back to the barn.

We did not get ribbons for placing in the awards ceremony (can you still call it a ceremony if there are only 9 people?) but we got gifts for each division for example: 1st place in swimming got goggles, 1st in running got socks etc.

All in all it was a fun rally.