I made a decision in January, today I am packing and Loading Big Red.  Clyde is out of service for now.  I have to get the carbs on my old friend rebuilt.  He has 65000 miles on him, and except for a round trip to Sturgis in 2005 all those miles are RFTW miles, or miles in preperation for Run For the Wall.   Big Red is newer, and has a lot more bells and whistles, but Clyde will be back.  

I am meeting Ken Nuefeld, aka Cheetohs in New Mexico and traveling the rest of the way with him.  Cheetohs is a great friend and he is more like an older brother than a freind.  This is the first post for this year.  I am not communicationg with trucks to protect the pack this year.  I may be volunteering to work for the staging crew, but that remains to be seen.  The last time I did that was the first year that we did it on Central Route.  I helped figure that out and they have it down to a pretty good science.  What I may do is help cover for latrine breaks and other stuff, or go get coffee and water for them.  I sometimes on the Run do not play well with others.

I am looking forward to this trip.  I have lost about 45 pounds and am working on losing 20 to 30 more.    I will try to enter something everyday, and I will have pictures too.  Comments as always are moderated, but all comments positive or negative are welcome and will be posted.  May have to redact some words, totally PG audience here.

No matter what I will apply rule #1 which is no matter what have fun.

Thanks,

Bounce