As those who follow this blog know, we have considerable experience planning these trips and we have pretty much honed our scheduling skills.  So, yesterday we knew had 2pm bus from Venice to Cortina and we decided to take a leisurely ride on a boat and see the famed Grand Canal.  Unfortunately, we took the boat in the wrong direction and then realized we didnt have nearly enough time to get for our bus.  Fortunately, Clay- with no experience at these sort of things, spotted a water taxi and we jumped aboard.  So, rather than a nice leisrurely boat ride, we had to hire a water taxi at significant expense and then he took a short cut back to the bus stop so missed most of the Grand Canal.  We then had to do our by now usual sprint for the bus with full pack where Clay took this selfie-

Of course, as this was only a 1/4 mile, we made it to the bus with 3 minutes to spare.  I dont what all the rush was about.  Today, we start hiking at the fame Tre Cimes where I hope Clay is able to keep up and does not get us lost.