First Geocache

So on Saturday Lynn asked me if I've ever heard of geocache. I've heard of it, wasn't really that interested but I was surprised that she mentioned it. She thought it would be fun, so I'm game. We did a real simple one in the area after we went out for dinner. Kids had a blast following the arrow on the GPS and then searching for something. The cache itself was hard to find, but we found it. Angie really, really, really wants to go again. Here is where we found it...

Here is the pose shot. You can see Angie holding the cache, it was basically a rolled up paper with people putting their names on it as they found it. Some as old as 2005. Fun.

Have to say that I had fun.

Ride is inconclusive

Did 30 minutes on the bike during lunch. Had some of that familiar pain in the middle which made me think it wasn't fixed, but it went away and had some other pains else where. So I'm not sure if its fixed or not, but it doesn't seem any worse... Maybe this weekend I'll do it again and see what difference 4 days or so makes.

Going to test the knee...

Going to go for a ride on the cross bike for a little today (hopefully). It feels good enough to ride, figure it was time to give it a little work. Don't think it will prove anything. Won't go long enough to know for sure. Can't check for swelling since it is still slightly swollen and it wouldn't surprise me to have a little swelling from the surgery after riding. If it does hurt, don't really know if its the problem not being fixed or just surgery recovery.

Should feel good to get back on a bike though. :)

Paris

Got to Paris this Monday morning and am leaving tomorrow. Most of the time was spent at work, but I did get a little time on Monday when it was raining and a few hours in the nice weather today. Went on the cathedral run (love those old things) and saw the Notre Dame, St. Severin, St. Sulpice and some others. The rose line was pretty cool, missed that the first time I did my whirlwind tour. I didn't get to see Sainte-Chapelle because of the line. :( Photos here.

I went into the Louvre also, twice to be exact. Never had a real desire but it was really cool, so much that I went back on Thursday for two hours. I also learned my first french word... Louvre = helplessly lost. I have a good sense of direction, but my god it was easy to get lost in that labyrinth. The crowds were around the Mona Lisa. But this was the hardest thing to find.

Some more Louvre pictures are here.

The food in Paris is first rate. One good mean after another, even if you do have to wait till 7pm before dinner is served. I tried the Escargot which in the Oily Basil is excellent. I also found something I never expected, Tartare. Its basically raw ground steak. I like raw ground beef, never thought anyone one actually serve it. This stuff is A+ excellent. Shame I won't get it again. :(

The bike and motorcycle culture is really cool. The bikes and motorcycles/scooters just flow through the cars like water and no one gets upset or does something stupid. Lots of respect. Makes me want to get a motorcycle to compliment my bikes. :) They had lots of interesting vehicles like this one.

I can't believe I took close to 400 pictures!

Fixed the missing pictures

I guess the stolen weak internet connection at the beach didn't always load the pictures. I fixed some of the older posts...

Sand Crab

Lynn and I watched these sand crabs come in and out of their holes for quite a while. They would go in their hole and come out a few minutes later, look around and then go about 6 inches out and throw some sand and then run back to their holes. Hours of digging and then someone would step on their hole...
 

Reality or Not

Here is Nick and me on the sand dunes all by ourselves...

or were we by ourselves?

Kayaking...

Took Angie Kayaking on Alligator River. It was a really cool area to explore with a Kayak as we went into some pretty tight areas. Didn't see any alligators, but we did see a few birds and lots of butterflies.