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The Way to New York

I’m at 39,000 feet over central Illinois on my way to New York from California. The trip is finally starting, and I’m scared. My cousin Mike and I have been planning and training for this trip for over a year, and as it gets closer, the uncertainties multiply.

Will my legs hold up? After all I will be 70 years old next month, and I haven’t
done anything like this since a 500-mile backpack trip 5 years ago. Do I have the stamina?

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Mechanics of Blogging on the Road

Well it looks like I’m going to have to create my blog using iphone notes. I had planned to use a mobile keyboard with my iphone and the new Windows Live Office/MS Word. What I didn’t know before I read the fine print, was that, while Windows Live “supports” the iphone, the support here means “read” not write. $#@%&@#%. Oh well.

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August 6, 2010 Training Status

Alamaden Quicksilver Park Near Hicks Road

I’m finally getting back to my workout regimen after two weeks in Ohio (my niece, Laura’s, graduation from medical school), two weeks in New York (helping my daughter, Jennifer, with her latest art show) and a month of babysitting my grandson Oliver in California. Whew.