Pirate turned 40

The Little Rock Marathon was behind me and 40 was suddenly here.  I "let'" my lovely wife and our daughter give me my bday present early.  It's a trip aboard the Juliette to scuba dive in the Bahamas for a week with my great friend Brad.  I cannot express how awesome a present this is to me.  I will dive the Bimini Road.  The site everyone thought was Atlantis when it was discovered in the 60's.  A little closer to the trip I'll go into details about it.

The trip was given to me at dinner with our closest friends.  I had a great steak prepared by Brad with a great wine (don't know the name but it was great).  All in all a great night.

The actual birthday day was a bit of a let down.  I was in Vegas for a trade show.  That sounds a lot better than it actual is.

It started off promising.  With Buffett blasting in the headphones I got as a birthday present last year, I took a 40 minute run off the Las Vegas strip as the sun came up.  The birthday run was inspired by a cyclist friend who bikes a mile for every year.  Obviously a mile a year was stupid for a runner so I took some liberties.  I took the picture below with my phone of the sun coming up over the mountains.

I was wearing these.  Do you remember them from last birthday?

Then it was off to work.  Trade show glad handing and sales from 9-6.  That's mountain time so the body says 6pm is really 8pm!  

Then rest of the day was uneventful.  Work the tradeshow.  Most of the rest of the coworkers were tired of each other everyone went their separate ways.  Wound up eating at a deli and learning to play Pai Gow poker.

That was it.  Yay, I'm 40.

I still have my present to look forward to.  Do you think Bimini is really Atlantis?