trip down south

a very interesting trip down south to panama city beach, florida. as many times as i've been to florida and as much as i love the state, since the weather kind of resemblance to where i came from, i never been to this city.
we started at 6pm from the gym. 3 vehicles heading down. i was in 'the golden eagle' van with mags, j, rach, and matt. the other vehicles were 'the two duds' and 'mother'. the whole trip was filled with rain along the way. we had three stops. one was somewhere by bowling green, then next one was 'buckets' at somewhere in nashville, not sure exactly where i was, then the last one was somewhere by the border of florida and alabama. and, that's when we were joined by 'the white neon'. we got to the destination at around 7am local time.

on the way home, we leave the bungalow at 6am sharp. although, i almost owe everybody one minute, i totally made myself to the van at 6am. this time, it was only 'the golden eagle' that went on. we had four stops. one at the 'buckets' before we were out of the city, one at the gas and mcdonald, then gas and wendy's , and the last one was another 'buckets' stop. we got back to the gym at around 8.30-ish.

a couple of interesting things that i got a chance to see along the way. got a chance to see the paul brown stadium, usbank arena, gaylord center, titans stadium, and a rocket on the side of a highway. oh oh...and also, i forgot to mentioned i met sister madonna buder a couple of times and i did get her autograph.

one other interesting thing that happen to me on the trip, specifically on race day. on the morning of the race day, everybody was in-line to get their body marked by numbers. as i stood there with this lady writing down my number on my hand and calf. she asked, 'what is ur age?', then i answer, 30-34, so she asked again, ok, so which one do u want?. then, i just realized she was actually asking for my actual age. then i remember a joke that jeremy put up on the e-mail abt u know u'r a triathlete, when they asked u abt ur age, and u answered, '30-34'. i couldn't even believe that i said that......LOL............

overall, on the trip i found many new buddies and mates. i got running mate (tim), catapult/slingshot buddy (jeremy), shower mate (geretta), shaver girl (geri), van mates (mags, j, rach and matt), age group buddy (j), and bungalow mates (mags and mikey). all in all, it was definitely an interesting trip that i will never forget.