Training Log Archive: JanetT

During the past week it was fun to see the constellation Orion overhead instead of low in the sky (we were at 7 deg north in Panama). Looked for the Big Dipper once but didn't see it.

Added time and distance for lap from 1st lap split to S (we started where I took the first lap but I forgot to start my watch until the turnaround).

High HR probably from when we climbed up four stories at the observation tower.

Before heading to airport we went to Anne Kolb Nature Center and strolled around. It was 60 with a breeze out of the north (after last night's rain) and we saw no birds or mammals, just a tree crab (on the walkway railing). Meh. Yesterday's walks were more interesting.

Added commentary to entries about our cruise from Costa Rica to Panama.

Yesterday we had a bus ride from the dock at the port of Colón back to Panama City airport, with a stop at the Miraflores Locks visitor center which had an informative display, most of which had been covered in the documentary we had seen earlier, "A Man, a Plan, a Canal, Panama." Turns out El Papa was in town for the 2019 Catholic World Youth Day but he didn't hold us up much (one 4-5 minute stoppage on a highway entering the city, and a bunch of young people at the visitor center).

Going through security in Panama City I had my cuticle scissors confiscated (as did other passengers)...first time, though I remember putting them in my checked bags the first few years after 9/11.

Wildlife viewing at the Florida International University nature preserve. Saw some interesting bird behavior (tropical mockingbirds, most likely, or northern).

Wildlife viewing at AD Barnes County Park in Miami. Saw birds and some interesting iguana behavior. ;-)