Progress....

Best 5k time =
50:39 (Panther Creek State Park, Morristown, TN)
50:25 (Spanish Springs, NV)
47:16 (Knoxville, TN - Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis, 12/11/10)
46:29 (Knoxville Track Club, New Year's Day Run, 2011)

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Total number of miles on first bike trip = 3,550
Visited: Morristown, TN; Chicago, IL; Thunder Bay, ON; Winnipeg, MB; Williston, ND; Billings, MT; West Yellowstone, MT; Ashley, ID; Jackson Hole, WY; Cokeville, WY; Ogden, UT; Draper, UT; Elko, NV; Spanish Springs, NV.

Weight lost since September 14, 2011: 8.0 pounds

Current trip: 310 miles
Neah Bay, WA; Beaver, OR.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Leaving on a jet plane

Made it to downtown Ogden, UT. Cruisin', baby.

Slept one hour last night because of a bad dream. But I also had this sharp pain in my butt and could not get comfortable. This morning, I found a wire coat hanger in my bed. Yoiks. That's worse than TSA screening procedures, if you know what I mean. We'll see how that goes later today.

Speaking of it. I will opt out of the full body scan every time, just to hear them say "OPT OUT WE HAVE AN OPT OUT!" They think they are going to embarrass me. They know not with whom they are dealing.

We are so excited to be going to Reno, and then one month later, Stevie and Beau come here. And Loni already lives here. Can it get any better? Well, yeah if we lived closer. Still, it's good to have the following:

Family
The Gospel of Jesus Christ
Living apostles and prophets
Temples
A job
Living in the best country on earth
Living in a bee-you-tiful state
Living in the best end of said state
Electricity
Hot, clean running water. Indoors.
Plumbing
Flush toilets that work most of the time
A comfy house
Warm beds (and soft)
TV
Radio
A free press
Freedom of speech
Freedom to assemble
Freedom of religion
Freedom to bear arms
Freedom to vote
Freedom to travel and move
A free market
The Internet
Mail
Fox News
Keith Olberman (just to see that it means to be carnal, sensual, and devilish)
Christmas songs (playing now)
Cable (not Charter, just cable)
Groceries
Plants, hills, lakes, rivers, birds, animals
Planets and moons and stars to be awed by
Atmospheric science to be thunderstruck by (get it?)
Cool cloud names like altocumulus cumulogenitus
And many more things I can't begin to list.

2 comments:

Jessie said...

Your blog made me happy today. Thank you, sir.

Cynthia said...

You were not sleeping when you should have been, but you made the most of your time by posting a most awesome list. Nice!