February 2

Today was an interesting day at work. Somehow we managed to go from Groundhogs Day to Karl Tanner and the mountain bike trip he took a few years back. Keith, aka... The Swab got wind of this adventure and was immediately ready to set sail for Colorado, of course he's the young pup of the office and is always full of piss an vinegar!

Brian and I wanted to do this since Karl had went. Now I'm 48 and will be 49 on February 13th. Brian is 39. Anyway we got to talking and everyone was all in. Aaron, is also involved and he's under 30, so it's an old guy, an older guy and two pups basically!

We eventually decide, hey let's do it. Not this summer, but next. The summer of 2011 will be the targeted trip. Brian has asked KET...aka Karl tanner if he'd be up for another adventure, so if he goes we'll have some "experience" for the trip.

Now the problem. I sold my bike a few months back to pay of some bills, so I'm going to need another bike, plus the fact that I'm extremely overweight and out of shape! Hell,I've got a year and a half, so I think, I'm extremely motivated to get this done. It's been a dream of mine to do something like this forever. I watched a documentary on Mt. Everest over the Holiday's and thought that would be the ultimate, but that's a $40,000 trip! The MTB trip is $850, a little more in my broke ass range!

So, after today everybody is all excited and searching high and low for bikes for me and Swab.

Tomorrow, we'll see if the healthy living aspect takes shape. I'm currently well over 300 pounds and don't know if I really want an exact number. I'm borderline diabetic and have high blood pressure. Every doctor I see, says the same thing...lose weight. I figure if I could loose in the 100 lb range, I'd be good. I weighed just under 200 lbs when I graduated, and had back surgery in 1986 at somewhere around 230 lbs. I'm shooting for 220 lb range, and I'm 6'3" to boot!

I plan to keep this blog updated, and with the enthusiasm of the "kids" around here and maybe the grace of God, support from my wife and kids, I'll make it. We'll see!