Prep for Freedom 2011

I drove down from spokane on Tuesday morning, and it was by far the worst driving conditions that I have ever faced. The 15 hour drive took 23 hours of driving. Awful! Since arriving, the beautiful LisaB has allowed me to crash at her place. Darn wonderful accommodations, darn wonderful lady.

Shortly after arriving, TonyZ showed up with a buddy and a couple of typical Z-hotties. We spent two days climbing together and I had a blast. The girls were kind enough to let the Old Guy flirt with them without taking it too personally, and just giggled at me. That sure makes the days go by nicely :{ I joined my lawyer buddy Keith for dinner at the hotel on Thanksgiving. Keith is one of my best friends, but we sure do Vegas in a different manner. Keith is on the gambling circuit, and I am on the climbing lineup.

On Saturday I went for a hike back behind turtle rock. A couple hours of exercise. I am trying to focus on exercise and cleaning up my ridiculous eating habits while I am here. It is tough to do both at the same time, because the change of eating habits limits my energy. I will fight through it and come out better on the other end. It is time.

On Sunday I climbed some limestone with Michelle and Amy. I am not sure there are any two more special people in the world. They make me feel so welcome and so loved. May the gods smile on their lives.

Sunday night I started having phone troubles. The trouble is that the phone died. Dead. Done. On Monday morning I went to Walmart for a new phone, and stood there for an hour while the nice young lady called in the switch. By mid afternoon, the switch still had not taken place and the new phone still did not work, so back to Wallys for another half hour. Finally have a phone again, but I DO NOT HAVE ANY NUMBERs, so call me and let me know your number.

On Monday I went to meet up with Michelle and Amy for some climbing, but they had heard bad reports on the weather so they bailed to indoor climbing. It being against my religion to climb indoors, I headed out into the park and hiked the Turtle for some exercise. I admit that I am in some of the worst shape of my life, but with that in mind it took me 64 minutes from the car to the top. I hope to drop 10 minutes off that time by next month, and would be even happier if I dropped 20 minutes. It was pretty disappointing, but many would consider it OK.

I cannot add any photos to the blog yet, because I do not have the wire to download them. If TonyZ or any of his hotties post any photos, I will get some of them into this blog.