Three Strikes, Wild Animals, and Recovery

On Friday afternoon, Dave and I thought we'd head to the beach for a swim to cool off and get some exercise. We headed towards Sapphire Beach on the east end of the island but along the way, we decided to try a new beach - Lindquist Beach. Dave had been told we could find it by looking for an open fence along the road. We found the fence after a few U-turns and went about 25 feet along the road before deciding we probably shouldn't be driving on it without four wheel drive. So next we went to the beach at the Wyndham hotel. It only took us a minute or two of looking at the super crowded and very small beach that didn't have much space for safe swimming because of the jet ski launch before deciding just to go to Sapphire after all. Once arriving at Sapphire, we stretched, decided where to swim and jumped in. Within three minutes we saw a jellyfish and decided after three attempts maybe we just weren't meant to go swimming today, so we called it a day.

We did, however, see a bunch of iguanas at the Wyndham. How many can you see in the picture below? You can click on it to see the full sized picture.

We also saw the usual random goats along the side of the road, pictured here almost just across the street from the fenced road to Lindquist. And last night we saw a cow near Home Depot.

I've been asked by a few people whether we've recovered from our swim yet. Yes! I think recovering from a 5 mile swim is a bit easier than recovering from a marathon. (BTW, Congrats to Bree for finishing the Chicago marathon, and Good Luck to Liz in the Philadelphia marathon next week!) My left leg, the one that had cramped up during the race, hurt for a few days, and my right shoulder was a little sore for a day or two. But that's it!

Dave is still recovering from his injury at work last week. He is getting some funny tan lines from wearing bandaids on his shin covering the wounds!