Thought I forgot, didn’t you? Nah, just been camping and without good Internet for 3 days.

Another perfect weather day in paradise. Gonna be 29C again today – a little bit of cloud cover though so sun does not feel so punishing.

Pat and Steve go off to their workouts, Christy and I stay behind to work out our next steps. We don’t want to overstay our welcome but we also realize this is the biggest travel day in US all year. Maybe not a great time to drive to our next stop so we indulge Pat and Steve’s hospitality for one more day. They seem to be fine with that. We’ve decided to get Christy a new bike – the one Pat has is about perfect but none of the local Trek shops have it in stock. She’ll have to suffer through today.

(Postscript – we assumed it would be economically wise to buy a bike in the US, further research indicates otherwise).

At least today we will ride to the much closer Delray Beach and hang there for a bit. Then the plan is to cool off at their condo pool, get some takeout and celebrate the Eucharist. That is not a religious term.

The Delray Beach is also hopping as it is Sunday and the weather is perfect. Couple of great swims, a few topless girls – what more do you want?

The freshwater pool back at the condo is very refreshing. I like swimming in the ocean but always nice to wash off the salt and sweat and sand. We have a drink on the deck, then back up to the condo for some takeout Thai food and a euchre match.

Thai food can be pretty average but this was none of that. I think the best we have had since, well, Thailand.

Pat and I win 2 outta 3 but we decide to play on and end up losing 3 outta 5, all games very close. Lost two bucks, though Christy’s scoring is being audited by KPMG.