[Stephi Rae]

The best part of traveling is being away from *that other world* and entering the real world, the FIRST world. The companionship that forms within the team is impossible anywhere else. In Atlanta, the guys were able to stop four escalators... but we went to see Blades of Glory, and the Georgia Aquarium, and the Hard Rock Cafe, and spent four or so hours in the hall of the hotel after the competition was over discussing next year. There's no place else that you feel so at home, so loved, needed, appreciated. It's the best. Traveling allows you to step outside yourself, do everything for the benefit of the team, and meet tons of great new people. There's nothing else like it in the world!!