Mary Kate sent me a nice note this morning that reminded me how lucky we are to have an incredible circle of family and friends in our lives. Because of her note, I got all worked up and excited and decided to hang this post a day early (it was scheduled for tomorrow — 7/23 — detailer changeover day!).
Also, Mary Kate asked for Mark’s address. If anyone needs his address, please email me and I’ll get it to you. I don’t want to post it here for obvious reasons.
On to the fun!
We’ve already covered the O-Course briefly, and frankly, I don’t have a whole lot more to add. In a nutshell, the Obstacle Course is everything you might expect it to be with an emphasis on “fear of heights”. From what I’ve learned, it is designed to help midshipmen overcome this common phobia.
This next shot is the one I’ve referred to before as “pensive”. As you can see, something obviously has our boy’s attention:
That picture is Karen’s favorite picture of Mark to date. How could I not include it?
Let’s talk about that fear of heights thing, shall we? Although I don’t think Mark was faced with any height issues in the previous pic, this one might have raised a few hairs:
I have absolutely no idea where the hell he is, and I can’t say that I’d like join him. Our friend John Gallen would most likely jump up right behind him, but I’ll keep the ol’ feets on terra-firma (thank you).
Side note: these O-Course photos are from early in plebe summer, folks. That doesn’t make them particularly “old”, but they’re not recent either. Hopefully some parents will be back on the Yard this weekend, and I’ll be able to score some freebies. Thornton Studios already has the knuckle draggers banging on my front door.