Whirlwind of a Weekend

Our family had quite the busy little weekend. Unfortunately, it did not start quite as early as Dave had hoped it would on Friday night. However, at 7pm we were packed and loaded in the car with a full tank of gas, and we were heading for South Carolina's low country.

We had a few missions for the weekend:

• Run in the Cooper River Bridge Run (a 10k)
• Visit with Dave's grandparents and parents
• Let Carly have her first walk on the beach
• Relax

We made marvelous time on our drive thanks to a sleeping baby and only moderate traffic and arrived around 11pm. An hour later we were settled in, Carly was back asleep, and everything was set out for Saturday's early wake up time. Thankfully Dave and I were able to sleep until just after 5am since his Dad generously offered to drop us off at the starting line in Mt. Pleasant and then pick us back up near the finish line. (This allowed us to not worry about being in line no later than 6am for the shuttle.)

With our extra hour of sleep, Dave and I were both able to run personal bests for the 10k. I completed the race in just a few seconds over 55 minutes, and Dave finished just a few seconds over 1 hour, 8 minutes. (We were quite satisfied with our times, especially since our big races in Atlanta were only 13 days prior to this one.)

After our "quick" morning run over the bridge we headed back to Seabrook to relax and visit with family. Carly, her Grandma, Dave, and I did get a chance to put our toes in the sand after Carly's mid-day nap. At first Carly was not too sure about how the sand felt on her toes, but once I picked her up and placed her a few yards from the walkway she was fine. She especially loved seeing all of the dogs that were running and playing on the beach. She would "run" towards a group of dogs screaming "DOGGIE, DOGGIE!" The only thing she did not seem to sure of was getting her feet wet. Carly and her Grandma walked towards the water, but once the wave splashed Carly's feet she was not amused. (I'm sure once it is warmer this won't be an issue.)

Unfortunately, our visit came to an end after breakfast on Sunday. Dave had a fair amount of school work and work-work that he needed to get done, so we loaded up and headed north west. This trip was not quite so quick. There were some severe wrecks along I-26, which then forced almost everyone to stop at the same restaurant around Orangeburg for a very delayed lunch. On the plus side, we did stop by my parents' house to let Carly and Jake run around while Dave and I stretched our legs.

Thankfully we all made it home (only 6 hours after we left South Carolina's low country) and are slowly recovering. I'm sure we will be nice and energized just in time for next weekend's whirlwind.