Oh gosh, a couple of clouds in the sky!!! Even so, we all sprayed and applied copious amounts of sunscreen before heading out on the water for our final session. Coach Kyle was under the weather so Coach Nick happily took his place and put us through some great drills and paces. First he took us north past Normandy Shores and up to Biscayne Point before he turned us around and took us back to a side canal that ran east-west through Normandy Shores.

We saw one electric boat in this side canal otherwise it was just us and mirror smooth water. We were doing 22-24-26-28 on 1 minute intervals over and over, as we paced the length of the canal and turned.

Nick also had us doing cake cutters (release, hands away, back to release and then to the catch), feet out and pause at the release drills.

On the way back to the boathouse, he had us doing leapfrog sets, with one boat passing the other in a power piece and then back to paddle and letting the other do the same. On the way back to the dock, we did a quick 30 stroke race. After effusive thanks to Lady Vic for her amazing coxie talents, and chat with Nick, we headed out to South Beach for brunch at Big Pinks. Talk about mounds of food!! Wow!!! The minute you walk into the place the smells of french toast, burgers, and omelets make you instantly ravenous. Bill had an omelet stuffed with pulled pork while I sampled the teriyaki salmon wrap.

Then it was off to 13th street for some afternoon sun along the rainbow beach!!!!

What a sweet weekend. Can't wait for next year.