This morning crawled along.
We didn’t even get started on our day until 3 p.m. My wife decided that she was ready to get
out of the house before she committed matricide, so we headed off to Marathon
Lake & Dam. It’s a beautiful dam
built out of marble with a thin, one-lane road across the top. Cars have to take turns from either
direction, so they can fit across the dam.
Unfortunately, the walkway was closed, so we couldn’t hike down to the
temple at the bottom.
The village of Marathon is spider-webbed with narrow streets
at sharp angles to each other. My wife navigated them like our lives depended on getting around them at 90 kph. I thought her mother (a.k.a. Hakkinen) was
fearless until I met the daughter (a.k.a. Andretti). Dogs, people, and cars were running, jumping,
and swerving to get out of her way. I
didn’t think that a Suzuki Baleno would go very fast, but she drove it like it
was turbo-charged. Luckily, I made it
home alive and with only minimal embarrassment at having to change my underwear.
After Marathon, we went to the outlet mall and walked
around. There wasn’t much to tempt us in
the stores, but they had the mall decorated with Christmas lights, colored
fountains, and cool light effects. It
was a cute, relaxing way to end out day.
The rest of the evening was spent ironing clothes and sewing
curtains.
