New Hampshire

This is part II in the series, I thank you for your attention...So, by the time we finally got out of the Boston traffic, we hit the New Hampshire lake traffic. We finally arrive at the lake house late on Friday night after a serious wrong turn in which I was told to"honk the horn" so they could find us. It was dark. We stayed here at the lake house for three nights and it was a great house. We had 4 familes in the house, only one that did not have kids, and he had earplugs. The kids liked to get up at around 7 and have a sceaming contest. Lake Winniepesauke is a beautiful location and the weather that weekend was perfect. Saturday morning we got up and had a huge family breakfast with all the fixins. Uncle John, who is Beth's brother brought his boat and jet skis for the weekend and the kids had a good time playing in the boat on Saturday. We were not able to get the boat out due to the wind, but they had fun anyway. The girls got away and did some shopping and whatever else girls do when they get away. Saturday evening Cheri made dinner which was the required pre-race "carb loading" pasta. Everyone enjoyed it and thankfully moved the party to the basement so I could get some sleep. The race was Sunday morning and I got up at 4:30 to eat some breakfast and get on the road. The lake house was about 40 minutes from the race site. Sam decided it would be cool to get in bed with us during the night and so the sleep was not the greatest! I have the greatest race support team anyone could ask for and they showed up on Sunday in full force. I saw them several times during the race and at the finish line. I finished the half Ironman in just over 6 hours. After the race, we all went back to the house and I took a nap while everyone else went out on the boat, it was real nice. This was a great weekend with our friends and Sam really enjoyed playing with all the kids. It is very interesting to see how he interacts with other kids. The next post will take us through Cape Cod, Nantucket and the drive to Chicago....