i know it's not in focus, but this is a memory. everywhere we went, people were rigging tv's outside to watch the olympics. this is in front of walmart & a mall. huge screen displaying all the victories of the games! what a special time to be here.

to make a long story short- we were getting royal treatment at a typical restaurant that most go to for special occasions. we were just hungry on our new bikes! they wanted to serve us so much that this one is actually feeding luke! we laughed; luke soaked up the attention. as we ate, they just kept watching how we did it!

our school bussed a bunch of us to this beach an hour away. you had to rent table space/shade! it wasn't cheap, either! i had only brought about $10 US, but sat in others' shade while they went in the water:) i've never experienced such warm ocean water. it wasn't near as crowded as we'd been told.