February 24, 2009

This is my first post to the Blog. I am following behind Jeff as he bikes his way across the lower U.S. I am still a little nervous about driving the truck with the camper on through the
mountain passes. The speed limit in some of those places is still 65 mph but there is no way I am going that fast. Hopefully we will be over the mountain passes soon. I am actually looking forward to driving in flat areas. After Jeff leaves in the morning which is about 8:00,
I will go for a run. After all , I am now officially in training for the Seattle Marathon on June 27. I did run with Carissa yesterday in Apache Junction who is from Seattle and is also signed up to do the Seattle Marathon, so that was interesting. After my run I will get the camper ready to move, maybe read a little or catch a little sun, but there really isn't that much spare time for me. Jeff and I usually have some places designated that we will meet during the day or where he plans on getting to at night. We'll set up the camper, have some supper, plan the next day and go to bed. I really like the luxeries the camper has over tenting it. I like the refrigerator, microwave, electricity, running water, bed and table. It's really cozy in the camper. I can see why people winter in Arizona, the weather has been beautiful. Yesterday it was 85 degrees and sunny. No rain in the forcast. I am at the Safford public library. I just met Jeff here. There is a bike shop in town, where he had his tires made a little more "flat proofed", so hopefully he won't be getting any more flat. There are these little thorns on the side of the roads that seem to work their way into tire tubes and cause flat. Jeff is headed for Duncan tonight. I will give his a few hours head start and then I will leave here and hopefully meet him along the way. It looks like tomorrow we will be out of Arizona and into New Mexico. No pictures posted today unless I go back to the truck and get the camera. I have been taking some scenery pictures. Jeff had 83 miles on yesterday and will have about 70 to 80 on today if all goes well. Diesel prices are anywhere from 2.03 to 2.25 per gallon.