Day 980: Rest day

No swimming today, though we did walk over four miles.  My shoulders, arms and eyes needed to rest.  A cool front moved through our area and dropped the temperature almost 20 degrees, but the water stayed at 69.  My body was just too sore from yesterday's marathon session to go in.  We escaped to Buffalo to shop and had crepes and gelato for lunch.  Whenever we encounter a gelato stand, we must try it, and this was delicious!

I found a National Geographic Road Atlas, the adventure edition, that highlights America's 100 top outdoor destinations, 24 of our National Parks, and provides maps for all the states, Canadian provinces and Mexico.  We'd never drive in Mexico, but I do want to explore all the provinces as well as the states.  I've already started researching a route west for next fall.  We're talking to friends who have already traveled west to get their recommendations.  We won't do it all at once, but if we can hit a few new state every year, that would be great.  Anna was just in Argentina for a week and that country is high on our list too.  We topped off the day with a yummy dinner at Whiskey Hill.  It's never disappointing.

On our rambling walk through the college, we discovered several cellophane sculptures tucked into odd places around campus.  We tried to get into the new science center, but it was locked.  Maybe during the week, we can finally see the inside since we've watched its progress from groundbreaking.