Retirement Is coming and I am chasing it hard

This July I turned 62.  This in America is the first year that you can apply to start recieving Social Security, a fund that we pay into our entire working lives.   I quickly found that I cannot afford to retire, yet.   My wife and I are going to do it, and it will happen probably next August.  Until then I will be working, and even though I thought I was leaving Stevens Transport, that won't be happening either.   They want me to stay, and even though it is only for a year more, they want me to retire from there.   So after a conversation with the V.P. of driver relations, and my wife, I will be returning to Texas next week and will be rolling out in a Stevens Truck.  

A lot of my friends from Run For The Wall will be forming up in Angel Fire N.M. next weekend to lay bricks, I won't be there, but after this year I will.   I also have been asked to head up the Central Route Communications team next year, and I have agreed to do that.   I will be looking for at least 3 other riders to help with this.  Merry Starkey will be on the team and as long as Rick is a tail gunner it will work, but if he moves to Platoon leadership it won't, or at least I cannot see how it can work.

In the past I have tried really hard to monitor 2 channels at once, and nothing seems to work, but I may have a solution this year, possibly.   The other three bikes that I need are first a pace bike for me and then another radio bike and pace bike to be towards the front of the pack.  

But that is for the spring, for now I am planning on packing what I need to take tonight, and will be heading back towards Dallas either in the morning, or more likely Monday morning.  There is a little hurricane in Texas right now that may hamper me driving back down there.

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