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Monday, March 19, 2012

.... And just like that... It's summer


A good weekend her in the deep south…

Started off with a nice bottle of wine Friday evening.


We purposely started a bit late on Saturday…  time to incorporate a bit of heat acclimatization

A beautiful morning at the trailhead…


But we were still a bit cautious because we had a kinda sketchy map of the area.

The following picture tells a lot of our story… 


all of the fire roads started with the #1… 

Many of the roads were deeply rutted sugar sand

And ironically enough…  this piece of sign was located at the intersection that linked the two sides of the preserve. 

We got a bit turned around for a while… 


But eventually found our way through and onto some nice roads.


And ultimately made it to the Game cleaning station before we turned around.


The return trip was much more direct... and quite hot
Here is a shot of my ugly, dirty, sandy, foot…


Note to self…  get some gaiters

Sunday was nice…  we hit the beach for the first time this year

This is not our bike…  but I do like it


The treasures we found…


And a nice group shot:


And just to round out the weekend we ran a roundabout route home from the beach…  9.3 miles




4 comments:

B.o.B. said...

looks similar to my weekend. except without the running. lol!

Matthew Smith said...

I HATE running in sand! It drives me nuts, so I can't imagine you with all that sand on your foot. Yuck! Running in the heat just makes it that much nicer in the cool! What a good lookin' family you guys are! :)

My Boring Triathlon Blog said...

I'm worried. If its this hot now, how hot is the summer going to be? i hate running in +100 degree weather

Wes said...

ooh, I don't like sand in my shoes, or my bathing suit by the way :-)

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