London Bound...with a stop in Germany first

She’s off!  Mallory and the rest of Team USA left for Stuttgart, Germany on Wednesday morning. She will be training and staying at the US Air Force base in Stuttgart until August 26 when they will go to London and move into the Olympic Village.  Opening ceremonies will be held on August 29, and she will start swimming on August 30.  My mom spoke with her today and she has arrived in Stuttgart and is having a great time.  The team arrived to a warm welcome from the staff and families at the base.  Each swimmer was assigned a host family, the host families will spend time with the athletes between training sessions, Mallory met her host family today and is very excited to spend time with them.

Mallory on Wednesday morning getting ready to leave for the airport.  She got a scooter to use for opening ceremonies, the Olympic stadium where opening ceremonies are held are about a mile from the athlete's village.  Since she is swimming the next morning, she will be using the scooter to save her arms for racing.

Many people have asked about where they can watch the Paralympics online and if it will be televised.  I will be posting all of this information next week.

Once again, thank you to everyone for all of their love and support!