What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger?!

Yesterday after the Lady Vols lost in the NCAA (basketball is now dead to me for another 8 months), we took the dingy out Sister Creek and went to the Atlantic Ocean—it is vast, beautiful, open water! There are some huge homes on this Creek and they have a wonderful setting for them. When we leave Marathon we will go up the Gulf side of the Keys (because of the swing of the land, it is shorter) but about Key Largo or Dinner Key we will cut through and continue up the eastern seaboard. Today, we just got back from a 10 mile bike ride down to Pigeon Key. While my friend Nina and (of course) Fitz see nothing challenging with this venture it took me to limit of my fitness. This is across the old bridge that went into Marathon -- if you came to the keys before 1982 then you went across this bridge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Mile_Bridge It is barely wide enough to ride bikes across, I cannot imagine two cars passing on this bridge. I then took my first dock shower. All the Marinas we go to have bath houses available for boaters—we carry enough water that we have not taken advantage of this benefit. I decided to give it a try so that I could take a leisurely shower—rinse my hair thoroughly and shave legs without risk of cutting an artery. I felt like I was back at Girl Scout camp. Ok-- but glad I only have to do it when I want. Sending get well wishes to our Leeton who has a stomach bug. You need to get it out of your system before your Mama goes nuts (vomit, poop and continuous watching of Frozen). I fear her limit is coming soon.