See Half of the USA...in 20 Hours..Highly Recommended

My son, his dog Lucy and I drove from Fort Lauderdale to Irving only stopping for gas, coffee, power bars and Pringles.

Lucy at beginning of trip.

Somewhere as the sun sets.



Wow, not looking forward to doing that again. Although we had a great time, it was a very very long drive. I have never been to Mississippi or Alabama so that was pretty cool. Both pretty wiped out from the trip but Lucy was full of energy!

Lucy towards the end of the trip.

Tuesday Night Swim Practice

Sorry, Can't Go to the Christmas Party, I Have Swim Practice!

I chuckled to myself on the way to swim practice Tuesday evening. "Aren't I a little too old for this?" I asked myself. But once there I really enjoyed it. We practice at the Greenhill School pool every Tuesday night. It's a very nice pool as you can see in the picture. We actually were able to put in 1450 yards - could have gone the whole mile (1650 yards) but truthfully I was a little tired by then.

Workout

It's a 25 yard pool. I'm not exactly sure if this is correct for the workout - pretty sure I'm forgetting something but here it is:

• Warm up: 25 each x's right arm only, left arm only, catch up drill, swim normally
• A few 100s with 30 seconds rest between
• A couple of 200s with 30 seconds rest between
• 1 increasing speed 100
• 1 decreasing speed 100
• A couple more 100s
• 50 yard kick
• Cool down 200

Luckily my shoulder didn't kick in until the end of the workout. I expected that it would start acting up a bit.

Tomorrow I'm catching an early flight to Fort Lauderdale to see my son and also my new bike. We will be driving back to Irving on Saturday.

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Laura