January - Let's start training . . .

Under two hundred days until the trip.  Between now and July 25 I will turn 62 and "retire", again.  People who follow Christ pprobably never really retire.  We just move into another aspect of our callling.  I will admit I'm not going to miss getting dressed up for work early on a cold Monday morning.  The current temperature is 27.

It's time to start training.  I'm shooting for five days a week right now.  Three days of fit club and two days of spinning.  I made four days last week which is four more days than I did during the Christmas break.

I started to look at possible campgrounds.  Day one campiing will be one of the best campgrounds.  It is Howard Miller Steelhead Park along the Skagit River in Rockport, Washington.  I've camped there and ridden that particular route backwards to Anacortes.  Several of our group have ridden a portion of the route through the North Cascades.  That portion of the ride plus Libby, MT to Whitefish are the only parts where we've got people who have ridden the route before.  

I'm so looking forward to July 25.

- Tim