This weekend one ballerina, one race car driver, and all involved parents went to Wynne, AR, for Halloween, a marathon, and cabin camping. How could we not have fun? A good time was had by all, with the possible exception of parts of the marathon for the running daddies and the ice baths that followed. Although it must be said that listening to the screams coming from the ice baths was fun for the rest of us, so balance was restored.
We carbo loaded at the marathon's Italian dinner before heading out to trick or treat. Boring picture follows, but since it was Mer's first real trick or treating excursion, I'm documenting.
On Saturday morning we saw the crazy people, I mean daddies, off from the start line and then went a pancake breakfast. Aren't they sweet in their matching shirts?
The kids did a pretty good job of cheering. At least at the first cheer stop. As you might imagine, cheering at a marathon is kind of endless, so they hung in as long as they could.
The kids were excited to see Chris come around the bend, who was doing really well 16 miles into the course. I means seriously honey, if you've got the energy to wave, are you really leaving it all out there? Here they're cheering for Josh, the speed demon on the left.
The race finishes on the high school track. Mer looks anxiously over her shoulder to see if daddy is going to make it in time.
And he did. He made it in good time, though he would probably say differently.
And then we ate some Mexican food and headed back to the park for the aforementioned ice baths, naps, and some hiking. Village Creek State Park is an unusually great park - and only about 45 minutes from Memphis. The leaves were changing, and while we can't claim much New England glory for the South, it was pretty.
The kids "fished" with big sticks. Well, at this point, obviously Walt was done fishing.
Sunday morning saw one final hike, during much of which the daddies ran ahead, hid behind trees, and jumped out to scare the kids who were hunting "Gruffaloes." We were just proud the daddies could still run and jump.
5 comments:
Looks like a great weekend! Thanks for posting!
So who won, Chris or Josh?
Dan Dan, EVERYONE who runs a marathon is a winner. :)
One of my good friends in the Air Force is from a small little town, if you can call it that, right outside of Wynne...I think we may have eaten at that same Mexican restaurant :) Good job to Chris for finishing the marathon!
bro - come on?
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