Saturday - First 18-miler of the training season on the Leesburg/P'ville section of the W&OD trail. Showered up, spied on some baby birds, had breakfast at IHOP while we waited for Steve's sister Christine and her kids to finish up with a swim meet.
Hit the road, made it to Deep Creek Lake around 5ish, and spent a few hours hanging out. We all went to some bar for drinks but while Steve and I were ordering our dinner in the adjacent restaurant, the bar manager asked our entire party of 13 to leave the premises. Turns out someone - not to be named - had already had a little too much to drink and acted inappropriately toward one of the female bartenders. Ugh.
Sunday - Lounged around by the lake and were pleasantly surprised that Helen was able to rent a pontoon boat for the week. YIPPEE! Nothing like a day of boating with margaritas, music, and swimming.
Monday - Steve and I headed to a state park for an early morning run. After breakfast we all loaded back onto La Pontoon. Steve wanted to check out the bike course for the Savage Man Half-Ironman so we drove the course. For anyone thinking about doing this race, ya might want to think long and hard about it. The first 20 miles were completely downhill; and not the easy "coast and enjoy the scenery" downhill. It was the downhill with sharp turns and steep grade. The rest of the 30+ miles were all uphill. Never-ending hills. I know my old Toyota Tercel (may she rest in peace) would have struggled to make it up these hills so I have no bleepin' clue how people do this on their bikes.
Tuesday - Back to the park in the morning so I could run and Steve and Mike could swim. Breakfast, jet ski rides, and of course, back on the pontoon for one final spin before Steve and I headed back home. Good times.
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