Weekend Getaway

So, the race was a whole lot of excitement for one weekend. But my fantastic weekend actually started on Friday. Fly Girl had the weekend off from class, I took a day off work, and we spent Friday night in Stillwater. Stillwater is only 30 minutes from St. Paul, but this was my first time there.

We had a lot of errands to run before we got out of town, so we didn't get there until mid-evening. I personally didn't intend to do anything but spend Friday night in our room, so that didn't worry me so much. We checked in, had dinner, took a little walk through town, and then retired for the evening. Had a really good talk.

Saturday we had brunch, checked out, hit up a couple outdoor outfitters in town, and then headed over to the river. Saw the lift bridge (under construction). Wandered through the Jazz & Art Festival. Then left town to drive up and down the St. Croix River. On the way back into town, we stopped at the Eddie Bauer outlet. Grabbed some lunch, then back to my house. I camped out at Lake Calhoun while Fly Girl went for a bike ride. I wanted to go because it was so nice out and I didn't want to waste such a gorgeous day, but I was supposed to be resting for the race and I was really quite pooped at that point.

We had some dinner, watched a terrible movie, then went to bed early.

So lots of pleasant time with my girl. Getting out and seeing stuff, good talks, having fun, and she was super supportive of my participating in the race. I needed a weekend like that.