Friday morning we met up with Irene and Dana at breakfast and then they drove over to Meg and Chris's apartment with Sam while Ryan and I ran there. For city running, it isn't all that bad as there is a nice path - the Hudson River Walkway - along the river, interspersed with lots of little parks, etc. However, although the route wasn't bad, the weather was. The humidity was insanely oppressive and there was an active heat advisory too. We could feel the heat emanating up from the concrete and the air was so heavy it was simply weighing us down. Ugh. We trudged along, soaked and cranky and just plain not enjoying it. We did get to see a cute little red-eared strider turtle crossing the walkway though, which was the only wildlife sighting aside from the geese, cormorants and gulls along the water. We took the shortest route we could find to their apartment and then walked back around the corner into a store to get two drinks each. Yay running! Yay NJ! Yay summer! 😬😩😐 (6.3 miles)
Hazy views
Turtle crossing
Cranky Snowman ;)
The rest of the day was filled with family fun, but every time we walked outside we were sweating, even moving at a very leisurely walk! Gah!
Cute kids
Sam, Grammie and Auntie Meg got pedicures! No, I did not ;)
Sam and I helped Meg make, frost and decorate the cupcakes for Gavin's party. All 60 of them!
To keep the peace, we let each kid frost and eat one cupcake ;)
Batman cupcakes lookin' good!
Saturday was the birthday party, at the Turtle Back Zoo. It is a really neat zoo with a lot of fun exhibits and small enough to enjoy and not be too overwhelming. It was once again hot and humid but the kids had fun. The rest of us got sweaty running around after them ;)
The penguins were too quick to capture fully with Sam ;) but I like the photobomb in the lower left corner ;)
I loved the African penguins!
Sam and Ryan took a train ride while I ran around trying to keep Cam from running off :)
Happy Birthday, Gavin!
We went back to their apartment after the party to open presents and have dinner, and then all collapsed into bed at 8:30 :)
I got up early to get in another run along the river, heading out a few minutes before 6:00 am. It was fairly cool and overcast. Still humid but with much less smog and haze than on Friday. There was also quite a breeze, which was lovely on the way out and quite intense as a headwind on the return trip! The rain also started soon after I turned around so I once again finished soaked but overall, it was a much more pleasant experience than Friday's run and I was able to run much faster. I ran out a bit beyond the 9/11 memorial and then turned around and ran back to the hotel. The thing that surprised me most was that in the six miles, I only saw six people out on the Walkway! Crazy. Despite being a city with so many people, apparently there aren't a lot of early birds 😂 (6.1 miles)
9/11 memorial
We took off after breakfast and made it home around 3:30. Now it's time to get ready for work and camp! Onward and upward!
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