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Florida Road Trip--Day 3, AM

12/25/2011

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Siesta Key, "America's #1 Beach"*


Today was our "easy" day, only 2 1/2 hours of driving.

That said we also had to sight-see the Everglades in the afternoon because we wouldn't have much time the following morning on our last leg down through the Keys.

*as decided by Dr. Beach just named Siesta Key Beach as the #1 beach in the United States for 2011.  Stephen P. Leatherman, director of Florida International University’s Laboratory for Coastal Research, also known as Dr. Beach,
Read more: http://www.sarasotafl.org/siesta-key/#ixzz1hYMt2la4

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I went for a "real" barefoot run.

Seriously, if you are ever going to run without shoes, this would be the place.

The sand was like powder sugar and the weather was perfect.

Still most everyone I encountered had shoes on, whether they were running or not.

Out of the 50 or so people whose paths I crossed only 1 was without shoes, another several did take off their shoes and carry them, everyone else was totally shoe bound.

What an opportunity missed to connect with the earth.

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the sun came out with a vengence
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birds of a feather......
I of course overdid it with the whole natural running thing.

I went for over an hour, much of it in deep sand.

Actually I "thought" too much. My left foot, the "weaker" of the pair and one that was not recently twisted, landed efficiently on its own accord in the middle of my foot.  When I worked to land my right foot correctly, I landed too much on the ball and toes. I ended up with a blood blister on one toe and two huge blisters on the ball and big toe.

That's what I get for "over-thinking" things that at one point in my life were, well just natural.

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It must have been pretty early for Cindy when I showed her this picture upon my return from my run.

"Oh my goosh, is that a real, what's going on with that turtle"

After realizing it was a sand castle turtle, her excuse was, "It is named Turtle Beach, after all"

After grabbing some breakfast burritos from a hot dog cart vendor and a quick walk down the beach, we were back on the road heading for the Everglades.

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