Rush for the Gold: Mystery At the Olympics (2012)
““Welcome to summer in the Midwest,” Bobby Kelleher said with a shake of his head.
“Guess I won’t be needing that sweater I packed,” Tamara Mearns said wryly.
Stevie had taken the train from Philadelphia to Washington so he could fly to Omaha with Kelleher and Mearns. They had landed shortly before noon.
“Think it’s a hundred?” Stevie asked as a dispatcher pointed them to a cab.
“No, no,” Tamara said. “More like a cool ninety-nine.”
Passing a billboard en route into town, Stevie noticed that it ...showed the time and the temperature. It flashed 34°C and then 98°F.
“You missed by one,” Stevie said, pointing out the billboard.
The two official media hotels were on the outskirts of town, but as usual, Kelleher had pulled some strings and scored them rooms in a Courtyard Marriott within walking distance of the CenturyLink Center, where the trials were being held.
“It’s supposed to be a three-minute walk,” Kelleher said. “In this heat, it might feel like an hour.”MoreLess
“Guess I won’t be needing that sweater I packed,” Tamara Mearns said wryly.
Stevie had taken the train from Philadelphia to Washington so he could fly to Omaha with Kelleher and Mearns. They had landed shortly before noon.
“Think it’s a hundred?” Stevie asked as a dispatcher pointed them to a cab.
“No, no,” Tamara said. “More like a cool ninety-nine.”
Passing a billboard en route into town, Stevie noticed that it ...showed the time and the temperature. It flashed 34°C and then 98°F.
“You missed by one,” Stevie said, pointing out the billboard.
The two official media hotels were on the outskirts of town, but as usual, Kelleher had pulled some strings and scored them rooms in a Courtyard Marriott within walking distance of the CenturyLink Center, where the trials were being held.
“It’s supposed to be a three-minute walk,” Kelleher said. “In this heat, it might feel like an hour.”MoreLess
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