A travel announcement…

Training: Upper body weights / abs

Today's workout was completed in the gym, doing upper body weights / abs. With the Half Ironman now behind me, I am really enjoying adding extra variety to my workouts without the training program pressures of 'must run/swim/bike X kms today'.

In saying that, I do have a Sprint triathlon race coming up this Sunday, although I am still undecided whether I will do the full Sprint or drop down to the shorter race. Perhaps I will hit the pool tomorrow and see how my swim fitness has held up before I make the final decision?

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My evening adventure was also a little different!

I met up with my mother in law, sister in law and nieces to watch the.....

Baseball!

Yes baseball. In Australia. In Canberra even.

Complete with smuggled in snacks!

After a trip to America last year, these gals have grown to LOVE their baseball and invited me to come and watch the Canberra Cavalry v Brisbane game with them.

** warning – dodgy point and shoot photos ahead**

This was my very first time watching the baseball and, I must say, it was quite a different atmosphere than the AFL or rugby. But, after having the rules explained to me, it ended up being quite the fun gals night.

It also ended up being quite the exciting game, with Canberra stealing the win in the last innings!

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And, who knows, perhaps this newfound baseball knowledge will come in handy owing to our exciting future travel plans...

For a while now, Mr BBB and I have thought about taking another overseas trip. We have been lucky enough to previously travel (by campervan!) through Europe, trek in Thailand and snow board in Japan. Needless to say, we aren't the 'resort' kind of travellers ;)

In the last few years, a close friend of mine has moved to Tennessee, and some close friends of Mr BBB moved back to Dallas. So, the next destination on our holiday wish list was kinda obvious....the USA!

And, it seems our wishes may come a reality in June or July this year!

While we would love to take longer (particularly given how BIG the USA is!) we will probably only have 3 or so weeks to fit in as much as possible. So, at this stage, my 'rough' 3 week itinerary looks something like this:

• New York
• Fly to Tennessee to spend time with friends
• Drive to Dallas (taking a few days to explore along the way)
• Dallas (to spend time with friends)
• Fly to LA to spend a few days (including Las Vegas perhaps?)
• Drive / bus to San Francisco
• Sonoma / wine country (I think you can guess whose idea this was)
• Fly back to Australia (probably via LA).

Having never been to the US before, I would be grateful for advice from any US readers (or people who have travelled there before) of places we should see and what to do. Our only real constraint is time....although we may be able to add a few extra days ;) And, of course, we are always looking for lunch or dinner (hehe or running) buddies if you happen to live nearby!

Once we have our plan a little more finalised - it will hopefully mean we can book our flights.  Yes, BBB is coming to the USA and I can't wait!

Happy Baking :)