This is a little diary of our first real family vacation. We left around 9:30 this morning and headed out on our venture to Virginia Beach. It is now 6:05 in the evening and we thinking that it might be time to find a place to stay for the night. If we were to drive straight thru we would most likely get there sometime after midnight (if we are lucky). It would be nice to kick back and relax at a hotel that has a pool so the kids could burn off some energy.
We stopped the first time this morning in Allegan, where we ate breakfast at McDonald's and then we "for real" started our journey. We have only stopped once since then. That was just before entering Pennsylvainia. And there we had the "Meal of Champions!" We each had a large fry, a shake or frappe and a large pop! Yep, definitely on vacation!!
Just now as I type this, a convoy of military trucks were coming from the opposite direction. Kinda cool!
I can tell the kids are starting to get real ansty. I myself feel like I have bugs in my britches!!
Ahhhh, a Quality Inn is at the next exit. Praying for a pool!
Just completed a roller coaster highway ride...it was like riding in a boat of a car with whacked suspension!
My goal is to document our vacation as we go. Now off to navigate and find us some lodging.

P.S. Newman is doing very well and being a very good pup....bribery with cheese works for everything with him!

Getting old...SUCKS!!

Well, the daily exercising has been going pretty good. Actually, it was going awesome until out of the blue....my left knee really started to give me fits. I starting hobbling around like a 80 year old bitty! So, we had to scale it back to just walking for now. Which really bites, because I was really getting into the running.
Not only was I enjoying it....but i was able to do it with out wetting myself! BONUS!!!
But, I shall push on. I will NOT give up! I will run a 5k. Maybe not this year....though.
It is my best educated guess right now that I am dealing with a MCL tear of my left knee. All the symptoms point to that right now. So, my course of treatment right now is wrapping it when I exercise and ice it after. Eventually I will reintroduce the running aspect.
Wish me luck!