Outdoorman's Paradise

This weekend Gina and I wend down to Connecticut for Easter and for Scarlett's first birthday.  Saturday was terrible weather, very rainy all day.  Gina and I went for a ride with my dad, Donna (step-mom) and little sister and stopped at Cabela's over near the UConn football stadium.  I had never been and my dad told me it is a must see.  It is a massive outdoors store with entire wings devoted to hunting, fishing, camping, & bbq.  There were a lot of NASCAR fans there too.  Anyway, I happened to stumble into the Bargain Cave and came real real close to buying a couple of stuffed horned stuffed rabbits facing each other on a mounted frame.  It was $97, marked down from $200.  The label said "damaged", but it looked in perfect condition to me.  I am very much regretting not buying it - would have totally made my cube.  Had my dad not been with me, I probably would have gotten it.  He thought it was funny, but would have punched me in the face if I spent $97 on two stuffed rabbits (even if they did have antlers coming out of their heads).

After Cabela's, we went to LL Bean (to pick up a chair) and then to Panera Bread (for some lunch).  We also saw a dead turkey in the street that had gotten run over multiple times.  It was big and gross.

Yesterday, we went down to Westport for Scarlett's birthday.  Carrie fed her a cupcake the size of her head.  I think she liked it.

The ride back to Boston sucked.  It took three hours and we didn't get home until 11 (usually takes 2, but I've done it in 1:45 driving 85 mph for the whole Mass Pike).  We tried to cheat by getting off an exit in Sturbridge and taking a secondary road for 10 miles.  We maybe saved 15 minutes, but they got stuck in toll traffic again heading into the city.  Motherfucker!  That's what I said when I saw the line of cars stopped 5 miles before the toll.  Fisher was on my lap.  I'm sure he was thinking the same thing.

Today I ran 6-7 miles after work and just made a nice fruit salad.  Pineapple, melon, & strawberries.  Those are the fruits I usually use.  Pineapple & strawberries are my favorite.