Well, not so much easy as somewhat hectic. We're hiking a lot this summer - more so than other summers since we moved here four years ago. With Rob's 7 days on and 7 days off work schedule, it frees up a lot of time for him to get out and about. It's harder for me to hold a steady job and also hard for me to do my own job (that seems to be the theme of this blog - me working, or hardly working...) But, we're living our lives while we can, and while I am having a tinge of regret and feeling like a big loafer, I will have to remind myself to look back on my life when I am in the nursing home wheelchair bound.
I have been asked to join a bike group that is cycling across the country to raise money and awareness for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy -- an illness that affects mostly young boys. There will be (I think mostly)young women on this ride and so I was asked by a friend we met hiking two years ago if I would be a ride leader. Have I been riding my bike a lot? No. Will it be hot at the end of July/first part of August? Yes. Did I agree to do it? Of course. I'll be meeting up with the group in Denver and riding with them to Kansas City from July 24-August 2. 600 miles. I'm a lunatic. The ride started in San Francisco on June 24 and they are headed east, chugging along old two-lane highways and back roads through some pretty magestic areas of our country. I am looking forward to the "breadbasket of america" section.
