Rebecca on curling team headed to Nationals

Rebecca has been spending some recent weekends traveling to curling competitions with a team that's preparing for the USA Curling 2016 Women's National Championships, to be held in early February.

"Was in Minnesota this past weekend; Wisconsin the weekend prior. Will be in a different part of Minnesota the weekend after New Year's," Rebecca writes. "Racking up the frequent flyer miles this season."

This year's Nationals are in Jacksonville, Fla. - of all places! It's the first time a national curling event has been held in Florida.

Rebecca competed in the Junior Women's National Championships in 2009, 2011 and 2012, the Mixed National Championship in 2013 and the Women's Nationals in 2014. This year, she's joined another team that competed in last year's Women's Nationals. The skipper, Joyance (at left in photo), is based at the Ardsley, N.Y., curling club.

"It's a new team for me this season," Rebecca writes. "One of their players from last year is expecting her first child soon, so took the season off. We've been doing a few cashspiels (competitions with cash prizes) leading up to the Nationals in February."