Well, I completed the Nevada portion of my training a week ago. Now after some 3,033miles, 223.5 hours of saddle time, and 167,675 ft of climbing, I've relocated to our summer home in Montana to resume training at our starting altitude. I hope to get in some quality time on the bike, but having bought a home here late last summer there were so many tasks and projects left undone. With the anticipation of two months on the road, there has been a compelling need to launch myself into these unfinished projects that have to get done. Well, progress is being made and I'm beginning to feel a little breathing room now.
This coming Monday I start back at the Outdoorsman working just three days a week until my departure from Butte on the 15th of June. It's a mixed bag of emotion for me this summer. I'll miss two months of grandchildren and family time. I'll miss my wife's birthday, I'll miss Father's Day, and I'll miss a family vacation to the Oregon coast. The older I get, the more important these family times become. But, it also a time when my physical conditioning, general health, and mental preparation are pecking to make an unbelievable event come true. It's a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity I will not let go by. After all I have been through since 2009, I'm going for it. It's going to be a life changing event without a doubt. I've worked hard over the last 7 months to steel myself for the adventure, and I have the full love and support of my family.
I have led a blessed life and continue to enjoy every day I have been given. I shall not and can not let any sunrise pass without a day of adventure.
So, tomorrow it's back in the saddle for a long distance ride up through Elk Park or to Basin, Montana.
A great adventure awaits!
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