MAY 11, THURSDAY

Wake up to RENEE the cat purring on my head. ARMAND left the door open to our room. Drive to FONTAINEBLEAU STATE PARK where WHITNEY & MOLLY have their airstream.

BIKE AROUND 40 miles on the TAMMANY TRACE. Stop several times, including lunch at a Thai Restaurant. This is the farthest I have biked in a long time. At 20 miles on a flat, shaded trail, I think of the people in our family that have run a marathon. If ARMAND, NATHAN, JENNIFER, JESSICA, JOHN (IRONMAN) & my true inspiration TERA who ran 2 marathons & a 1/2 marathon in between in 1 month-maybe I can keep biking. I make it to the water-now hear thunder-MOLLY says it’s time to go home. After getting to the park, we get our 1st real rain. Go back to our house, take shower, go to bed with RENEE. Later we go back to the park so MOLLY can feed us 1 more time. WHITNEY mentions again how disappointed his daughter ALIX is going to be when we don’t show up for her wedding.

LAST MEAL BY MOLLY. THEY GO BACK TO LAFAYETTE TOMORROW. WE GO AND VISIT ERICH & MARTA IN HOUSTON.