Saturday, September 20, 2014

Croc Attack and Race Day Arrives.....

Woke up around 5:30 the second day and took a walk on the beach,  Nice early morning views.....





After breakfast we hit the ocean and did some body surfing.  Much nicer than Galveston with 4-foot waves.  After that, we hit one of the resort pools to get the salt off.



After lunch the group booked a river trip to see wildlife.  We booked the SS Minnow and set off for a three-hour trip........


Weeks away and hundreds of miles up a river that snaked through the war like a cable plugged straight into Kurtz. (OK, i borrowed that Apocalypse Now movie line from Devin)


We did see some iguanas and howler monkeys before it just absolutely started pouring down--sending all the animals under cover.  Before returning, we did see one crocodile which was kind of neat............until he decided he wanted to share my seat.........


Next morning was race day.....starting at 5:00 am.  Of course it's daylight at 5:30 here (and much cooler).


It was much harder than I had expected--lots of steep hills.  Alida caught up with me at the 10-mile mark and we walked it in together.



The medal is really nice.  The turtle in the center actually spins inside the medal.  All of our group finished except one, so it was a good race.


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