So Heidi, you are DINKS, huh? Would we have our heads together about dogs and Irod the whole time?
And your husband would be OK with that or even participate? At least part of the time, that would be nice. That is the other thing....Mike and I are closely following the race, talking about it and they don't really understand it....or seem to want to. They've had 8 grandkids born in the last 5 years and little kids are like a MAGNET to her....she will cross a busy highway to strike up a conversation with a complete stranger's child. Seems pretty weird to me. Oh well. Our lives are for sure headed in completely different directions, so I'm glad we got to do this last vacation with them before the gap is insurmountable. It is really really sad to us, tho....we had babies together, our husbands worked together for 17 years in a corporate environment as engineers before we left the safety of that and started our own corporation and went self-employed. We used to backpack with all 5 boys for a week at a time, we certified diving with them in '92....we have tons of history. And I think the history will be the best part. Since we've vacationed together so much in the past, it didn't even occur to me that this sort of thing would happen. He's the same sharp guy but her..... 
