Surgeries!

Things have been pretty darn quiet here on the Outer Banks for the last couple of days, but that doesn't mean nothing is going on with our families. On last Wednesday, we had not one but two surgery patients to check on. Our son David had a some fairly extensive veins removed form his leg, and Bobby Johnson, our famous brother-in-law had some minor surgery of a more intimate nature. Both guys seem to be getting along well, and we're happy about that.

The weather has definitely turned cooler in the last few days, but so far it has been a beautiful Outer Banks Autumn, with cool nights and nice, sunny days just right for a long sleeved t-shirt or such. I've been working for the last couple of days, so I've been pretty busy with that.

This is Marathon weekend on the Outer Banks, and I'm working at the Expo this afternoon. For those who don't do events like runs or bike rides, the expo is the place where the runners go to pick up their bibs (numbers they wear) goody bags and t-shirts. While they are captive, they are also tempted with an array of stuff to buy from runners apparel to peanuts and everything in between.

Early tomorrow morning, Hilda and I will go to our post on the race route where we will stand by to cheer the runners on and offer any assistance a runner might need as he/she passes by our station. Our official title is course marshall, but we are really more like cheerleaders. We are at about the 10 mile mark, so most of the runners are at their performance peak when they pass by us. Our station is at the very beginning of a three mile or so sand road through the Nags Head Woods maritime forest, a unique feature of the OBX Marathon, and one that many runners are surprised by. We worked at the same station last year and had a blast. After the race tomorrow, I'll try to post some of the highlights of the day, and maybe a photo or two of the race.