Oceanside

Planes, trains and automobiles. Not necessarily in that order.

After a bit of a rush to finish up inventory and get some booking orders in at the store we managed to hit the road a few hours after we intended. Our little Ollie managed to be a great little passenger once again. After waking up from a nap we dropped him in his car seat and headed for TO. The drive was a little foggy but otherwise was smooth sailing.

Our time in T dot was filled with a quick visit with friends who put us up in their basement and then another quick visit with Ollie's Great Aunt and Grandpa.

Our flight to California was scheduled to leave at 8:40am Mon morning so we got a hotel room right at the airport thinking this would give us lots of time to make our flight.
We should have set the alarm a bit earlier because after negotiating the airport holiday chaos we found ourselves running through terminal 1 to make sure we didn't miss the plane.

The flight to LA went without a hitch. Ollie was happy to watch a little tv on the little screen grab a cat nap or two and flirt with the stewardesses. We couldn't have been prouder of our little guy. To cap off a great flight all our luggage arrived with us, even though we dropped it off less then 15 min before we took off.

After gathering our belongings we headed to the rental car pick. We were very please to find our car had been equipped with a GPS after our little trip to NY.



The drive from LA to Oceanside was easy with our little GPS guiding us turn by turn all the way. What a great little piece of technology.



We were pretty tired after our long trip and all hit the sack before 9pm pct.

More updates to come soon.

Happy Holidays

Time Person of the Year

Obama named Time Person of the Year.

Worth the read.

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5 1/2 Months Later

It has been 5 1/2 months and I have just finished my second ride. I dragged the rollers and my bike home from the store tonight so I could try and get back into the habit of riding. I can't believe I have been off the bike for so long. 30min on the rollers was all my tender bits could handle. Well it is a start and hopefully I can be back to some decent time in the saddle soon.
Running is the only thing I have been consistent at. As a result I am actually running quite well. Long runs are now up to about an hour and my pace is getting there. I have been trying to run with as little data as possible. Long runs I am using a stopwatch for time to make sure I am out long enough. On the short stuff I am guessing at the length of time a particular route will take and just going for it. It feels great to be running free.
Next up. Getting into a better sleep pattern.

45.5 miles per gallon

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New York, NY

It took us 12 hours to drive 640km to get to the Big Apple but it is worth the effort. The long trip was not in any way the little guys fault. It was the result of his parents not being prepared for driving into one of the biggest cities in North America. We had smooth sailing all the way into NJ and only ran into trouble when we tried to find the Lincoln Tunnel. We found ourselves looking for I95/NJ Turnpike, the only problem is the signs say NJTP not I95 and we were looking for I95. In summary the combination of our poor preparation and very poor signage added almost three hours to our trip. We spent this additional three hours listening to the little man cry as by this point he had had more than enough of the car.
Prior to this he had been the perferct passenger passing the day either sleeping, reading or working on the computer.



We saw a bit of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and fit in a run in Central Park. From our hotel room we can see Times Square so we saw a bit of the Parade from the Hotel and then headed down to try and see some of it from Street level. We soon realized that there was a reason people had started to claim spots at 7am for a Parade that started a 9am. The crowds were 20 deep in spots and it was impossible to hear the bands. It was neat to be a part of it and would be nice to come back and see again when the boy is a little older.



Running in Central Park was pretty cool. What a great place to have in the middle of a city this size. We just stuck to the outer loop, which is a road that weaves around the perimeter of the park. The road was closed to traffic so the cyclist had moved to the road and the runners had taken over the bike lane. Within this outer perimeter there is a great network of smaller trails, some paved and some gravel. Hopefully I will get out for another run before we go so I can check out some of the other routes.