Day 17

My gosh, a late wake up! Finally. I had stayed up until 2 am with my blog and a disappointing movie (Bucket List). We all felt the effects from the previous day and slept until 9:15 am. It was perfect since we had a chance to see the women's final from Roland Garros in the morning. Too bad Dinara came a bit short, now she will have to endure the crap about being number 1 and not having won a Grand Slam. I can sympathize with her, I was number one in North Carolina at one point and never won a Slam, ha ha haa...

We pretty much repeated the day from yesterday with all the outdoor activities. My back is really killing me now. I could not take the waves one more day... After lunch, W found an activity that has not been tried here yet, throwing rocks in a water fountain.

While W was taking his late nap, I tried to get back with "conquering the elements 3". No not a video game, just my continuing struggle against the forces of nature. I had this urge to run on the beach in the evening sun. I mapped three routes this time to prepare for the possible gated communities that I had ran into two days ago. I had one short run that I wanted to take and two back up plans in case some of the roads were blocked off. As some twisted law bearing "Murphy" in its name would put it, of course I ended up taking the third and the longest option for my run. This time 12 km (7.5 miles). Man, how are people supposed to get to see all these resorts and vacation paradises if you can't even get in to them in the first place?? Just book your next vacation in one of them without seeing them first? Maybe I need to schedule a viewing session or something first... I can tell you that trying to outrun the officers at gates does not seem to work. What works is that you get some extra mileage for your runs that way. Regardless, I got my nice beach portion in but that freakin' sand takes so much out of your calves and you.

I finished off the water supply at the hotel. Penguins went down hard tonight, Detroit had their number in the NHL. Maaret seems to snore quite loud occasionally. I need to go to bed, tomorrow we hit the highway again. This time to Charlotte, NC. Christopher and Bess, get ready, the circus is coming to town near you!