Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Hectic July 30th
At 5 am on Tuesday my wife and I woke up and drove to Skyline Drive Virginia with the intention of taking sunrise pictures as the sun rose over the shenendoah valley and piedmont. We took quite a few pics and drove 30 miles of the road stopping at many of the overlooks. On the way back we were stopped by a black bear standing in the middle of the road. At first it just stood there then it went to the edge of the road and two cubs came running out and they crossed the road together kind of like a crossing guard. Then we went to Luray Caverns which is beautiful but a little too commercial for my tastes. You pay 24 dollars per adult and that gets you an hour tour underground with a large group of roughly 30 people. You don't have much time to hang out because you are supposed to stay together. There are also a lot of children and babies crying but all and all my wife enjoyed it and thats what mattered.
Finally, at 6 pm I went to a free jiu jitsu class at Maguilla jiu jitsu in Wheaton/Silver Spring, Maryland. He's a black belt under ghe late Carlson Gracie and I really enjoyed the class. They let me get right into rolling and the other students who knew more than me were very helpful showing me different techniques and not abusing me like they were probably capable of lol. They went for moves slowly so that I was able to adjust or tap if it was uncomfortable. Definitely was a great time. My body still hurts two days later. Check out these links to each of the places I went:
Skyline Drive
Luray Caverns
Maguilla BJJ located in Silver Spring/Wheaton Maryland
Finally, at 6 pm I went to a free jiu jitsu class at Maguilla jiu jitsu in Wheaton/Silver Spring, Maryland. He's a black belt under ghe late Carlson Gracie and I really enjoyed the class. They let me get right into rolling and the other students who knew more than me were very helpful showing me different techniques and not abusing me like they were probably capable of lol. They went for moves slowly so that I was able to adjust or tap if it was uncomfortable. Definitely was a great time. My body still hurts two days later. Check out these links to each of the places I went:
Skyline Drive
Luray Caverns
Maguilla BJJ located in Silver Spring/Wheaton Maryland
Crystal City Twilighter 5k
Ran in the Crystal City 5k this past Saturday. I did pretty well for my first 5k but I definitely hit a wall around the two mile mark. I ran a 26:01. It was very fun. The rain came in hard for a short time as the sun set and my shoes must have weighed 5 pounds each by the time the hard rain stopped. Afterwards there were some free food and I received free shoes from Pacers running stores because I'm a cross country and track coach. It was very cool.
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