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Team Terrapin

4 years ago Wende White brought together a bunch of Deadheads and formed Team Terrapin to race our train honoring 50 years of Grateful Dead FANS. The next 2 years we were a giant Kinetic Chicken (Kinetic Chicken and Waffles 2016, Spring Chicken 2017). This year we are back to steal your race with our sculpture "Let My Inspiration Flow." We're just a bunch of lovable Deadheads trying to make growing up look awesome for all the kiddos and spread love and cheer!

 

Look for bribes this year of stickers, BACKSTAGE PASSES and for those special little kiddos who want to make music with us RAINBOW TAMBOURINES!

                                         Team Terrapin 2018 members:

  • Team captain: Wende White, aka Princess Tootsie Rolls, aka MamaBear, raced 12 years

  • Pit crew: This years pit crew will be Libby, aka SunshineBear, raced 4 years

  • Biking PEONS:

    • Terrence Dahlin, aka TerrBear, raced 3 years​

    • Running Bear, aka Running-late Bear, raced 3.5 years

    • Caitlyn, aka PuppyBear, raced 3 years

    • Jesse, aka LoverBear, raced 1.5 years

    • Katie, aka SpinningBear, this is her first race

    • Chris, aka GingerBear, this is also his first race

    • Zebediah, aka ZebbeBear, this is also his first race!

  • Emotional Support PEONS:​

    • Hope Dahlin, aka HungryBear, raced 4 years (she will be the big pregnant one)

    • Kim, aka RainbowBear, raced 1 year

    • HoneyBear, this is her first time as a racer/peon!

    • LalaBear​, this is her first race!

    • Jennifer, aka Birtha, Also her first race!​

SCULPTURES FROM YEARS PAST:

ABOVE: Team Terrapin's sculpture from 2016: Kinetic Chicken and Waffles. That year we won the Glorious title of TEAM MOST IMPROVED!

                 (A big shout out to the Loleta family that sang AND danced the chicken dance

for us in 2016 and 2017.  You are what makes this race so special!)

BELOW: Team Terrapin's sculpture from 2017 featured our Kinetic Chicken again, but with some springs and slinkys she was the Spring Chicken!

BELOW: The first #TeamTerrapin in 2015

This year we were disqualified because our chain broke moments after this first picture (above left) was taken and TerrBear was not able to do the water crossing in Eureka. However that did not stop us and we went on to win insane amounts of GLORY! The above right picture is when Leader Wende and Peon Keith almost drowned in freezing waters on the Ferndale water crossing. We will never again forget the parts that attach the pontoons to the sculpture! 

Left to right: SunshineBear, RunningLateBear, Brice (now on Team420-Hippypotamus), TerrBear and HungryBear at the finish line in Ferndale!

Wende Whites "Bike-a-delic Band" from 12 years ago! Loooong before Team Terrapin formed

Above left: Wende taking Spring Chicken down a dune. Above right: TeamTerrapin end of 1st day. (L. to R.) LoverBear, PuppyBear, SunshineBear, HungryBear, Molly and Steve-both not racing this year.
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