The Road Less Traveled: Memorial Day

I know I am really late with this post. I have been busy lately. Still got a house for sale....anyone interested?? Anyway, had a really nice Memorial Day weekend. Did some kayaking, running, biking, swimming and even went to the outdoor theatre in Freedom.

First off, on Saturday ran with the guys (I was the only girl, not too scary though) in the morning. Went and checked out Scray Cheese after the run. Pretty cool place. Then went kayaking in the afternoon. Put in on the Suamico River and paddled out in the Bay to Longtail (a popular sand bar that is usually packed on the weekends, and it was hopping). Once you get to the end of the island you can see the Tower Drive bridge. Pretty cool. On the way back we parked the kayaks and put our feet in the water. It was very warm. It felt really good.

Tower Drive bridge

East Shore of the Bay of Green Bay

Green Bay West Shores State Wildlife Area

On Sunday Erik and I biked. Then Asher played outside a bit in his pool to keep cool. It was hot!! We then went to Appleton to Fava Tea (our favorite place for loose leaf tea) to the mall and on to the Field of Scenes in Freedom for an outdoor movie. We saw Shrek Forever After and Ironman 2. Both were very good. Because it's outdoors, the movies don't start until dusk, which is late...for me at least. The first movie didn't start until 8:45 and we didn't get home until 1:00 am. Which is way past my bedtime. Asher's too I think. He was getting very whinny and cranky towards the end of the second movie. He just wanted to jump in my lap and go to sleep but I was sitting in a lawn chair so he curled up by my feet and continued to be cranky until we went him home. Just like a kid. This place totally has it figured out though. They do a great job. They have tons of food and lots of stuff for the kids to do while you are waiting for the movies to start. They even have wagon rides. It's a first come, first serve deal and only 300 cars get in each night so you have to get there early. We got there at 6:15 and there was already quite a few people there when we got there. They even have all the little details worked out, like ropes to tie down your hatches so you turn off your inside lights and don't block the view of anyone behind you, window cleaner to clean your windows if you sit in your car to watch the movies, the rows of cars are big mounds so you can park at an angle and not be obstructed by the car in front of you and battery chargers in case your battery dies while you have the radio on listening to the movie. They just do a great job and it's fun. I just wish it wasn't so late.

Asher at his first outdoor movie

Asher people watching

The screen and all the cars parked ready for the show to start

On Monday, Memorial Day, I slept in...kind of....late night the night before at the movie. I went for a bike ride and then a short run with Asher (who was still cranky from the late night before). Since Asher was still cranky we left him home to sleep and went down to High Cliff State Park and kayaked on Lake Winnebago and then I swam and tried my new wetsuit. The half ironman is in just a couple weeks so I wanted to try it out. It worked great and the water was nice. Warmer than I expected.