Hi everyone,

It’s like this, but a bit more rainy.

Been having such a good time touring the South with Lindy that I’ve decided to stay down for another week, visiting Cape Canaveral (NASA… Woo Hoo) and spending a few days in my old college stomping ground of Sarasota. FYI, Florida State’s graduate film school was located in Sarasota for its first few years of existence before moving up to the main Tallahassee campus.

As a result, however, I’m going to be missing my first scheduled race of the New Year… the aptly titled New Year’s Race Half Marathon on Saturday night in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, they don’t offer bib transfers or deferrals so I just have to eat the registration cost. I’m not thrilled about that, but it’s a small price to pay for another week of fun in Florida (or “America’s Wang” as Homer Simpson puts it).

In addition, while I’m planning to do a run or two in Sarasota (a few miles along the beach might be really sweet). I’ll need to kick it back into high gear when I get back to Los Angeles. So, my New Year’s resolutions will be starting about a week later than originally planned.

It’s all good.

I’ve got my next race (or my first race of 2015), the Star Wars Half Marathon at Disneyland, in just over two weeks. And this scruffy-looking nerf herder plans to have fun pounding the pavement with Jedi and Sith alike.

I’ll check in once I’m back in the “City of Angels,” but until then, here are a few vacation photos (good stuff).

The Devine clan showing off their Packers colors.

Thank you Hotwire!

Looking for a giant gingerbread Godzilla.

That’s an old old house.

Ahoy! Where’s Gilligan when you need him?

The River Walk in Savannah, GA.

A not-so-PC restaurant on the road to Daytona.

A not so dry day at the Daytona Speedway.

Lindy and I hanging in Winner’s Circle.

Atlantis is one sweet lookin’ lady.

“Fly me to the moon…”

The Saturn V has some serious junk in its trunk.

Lindy and I getting our NASA on.

In space, no one can hear you… you know.