2 miles, unshod. I wanted to have a nice barefoot run in Florida. Unfortunately, there weren't sidewalks for most of this run, and though I enjoyed the temp and the scenery I ended up with horrible blisters on my feet that made it quite painful to walk for a day or two. Dang! I think it would have been okay if I didn't have to keep getting my feet wet. Every time a car passed me I jumped off the road into the lush grass on the side of the road, which was invariably soaked. Having dry feet is imperative for preventing blisters! We spent most of this day in the resort pool, which had water slides and other fun stuff for the kids. My 3 year-old was brave enough to do the water slide! I was impressed. The thing I enjoyed most was watching the daddies from our group play water volleyball with 4-5 year-olds in their arms. Every time the big beach ball they were using went over the net, the dad would lift the kid high and the kid would hit the ball. The kids felt like a million bucks getting to play in an important capacity like that, and the dads all got a major upper-body workout. It was adorable.
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