A cool, rainy marathon day.

The winners of all the categories have already crossed the finish line as I write this. First of all I can't imagine running much less walking 26 miles. There were 30,000 runners. At the beginning of the race it was estimated there were about a million people lining the route. Not that many at this point as it is rainy, windy and about 43 degrees. There is also a Red Sox game traditionally at 11 a.m. on marathon day but I don't think it was played out due to the rain but I could be wrong. So all in all Boston is crowded to begin with but I'm glad I don't have to be there today. I'm just staying put today. I don't have any reason to go out. Yesterday was a nicer day and originally Arlene and I were going to take a ride to Gloucester just to be by the ocean. We could have driven to Revere which is only about 6 or 7 miles east of here, but Good Harbor in Gloucester is a beautiful beach where I spent much time in the '70's. That was not to be as it would be cooler by the ocean so Arlene nixed that idea. Instead we just drove around town, parts I haven't been in in years. Despite all the people living around here there has been much wooded land left undeveloped. We eventually ended up at a dog park. A place where people can unleash their dogs and let them run around free. They were fetching balls, playing keep away from each other with a stick. They were quite amusing. After that we went for a bite to eat. I have been craving a cheeseburger for 2 weeks

Arlene told me something I was not aware of. Her daughter had been assisting the wheelchair competitors in the marathon the last several years. Helping them at the staging area before the race or at the finish line. For some reason she decided not to go in 2013. She would have been near the finish line. Talk about a prudent decision at the right time. I can't imagine how things would have been had there been two casualties of the bombings in the same neighborhood not to mention what it would have been like for Arlene and her family.
Ok here's us driving, actually Arlene driving for a change, around our hometown. The part where we don't live. Just a tad pricey. So what else is new. I had a problem posting the video on this blog for some reason. More than likely it was too large a file. So I ended up splitting it in two. First us just driving around town, then the dogs romping around the park and finally a few clips from television of todays marathon.



Well this thing has taken an eternity to put together between uploading problems and a computer problem that I seem to have finally overcome. So that's it. Over and out.

I'm outta here.