Date: 2007-03-05
To: TOO MUCH INFO
Miles today: 0.0

Greetings from Atlanta....woke up to 32 degrees this morning at our home....bet it is chilly up on springer this morn....damn...will spring EVER get here?did the old stone mtn 6 mile thingy yesterday...thought we might see more folks training....i guess it is time to stop training and start hiking for real...it would be SOOOOO nice to finish a hike and set up camp....instead of put all the crap into the trunk and drive home...cant waitour daughter read this meager attempt at a journal, and gave me a terse email...saying people might care to know more about us...(than me being an old fart)...i cant imagine why, but i shall elaborate....i retired this time for good....the first time was after 31 years in the communications industry (from the ORIGINAL company that is an acronym and starts with an A)...then helped in a company that developed and built houses...i have been lucky all my life...had a steady job since 1967...started climbing telephone poles for $64 a week....mmmm...the good ole days...but that part of my career has served me well...you see i remember what is like to have on that damn yellow rainsuit all day long....cold rain soaking you to the bone....steaming inside...a recurring theme of days to come i am sure....Cujo (Patricia) is my lovely and last wife...the LAST of many...god has blessed(?) me with many wives in the past....but rewarded me with Cujo...she is my true north..i am afraid of nothing with her at my side....our love and strength makes us proud...Cujo is from Derby, England....i am from Birmingham, Ala....you can only imagine our communication challenges...but the good thing is that while HER in-laws reside in another state 3 hours away....MINE are in another fricking country---YESSSS!!....just kidding, all you limeys...we always thought about the trail...but time issues always came up...our plans were to retire in 2009 (when the old IRA can give BACK some of what it has taken in)...and we are looking at buying a sailing catamaran (perhaps the MANTA....if the market will ever straighten up)..and spend 4-6 months each year cruising the bahamas....and then the hurricane season back here in atlanta...how great to catch your own meals....grill them right on the boat....dive for lobsters...cheap rum...oh yeahso we figure what the hell...lets retire early...do the A.T. ...and if we can make it to Maine....living on the a 44 ft sailboat will be a cinch...(it has showers, a head, and a fridge)...so here we are...a 6'2" 220 lb white headed old fart...a mere 30 years old on the inside....although the exterior has aged 27 additional years...and a lovely strange talking strong-willed lady at my side...we believe life is dangerously short...and there are too many things in life yet to do...our fear is to be sitting in our rockers on the from porch when i am 90 (and Cujo is considerably less), and ask each other "now just WHY didn't we do that Appalachian Trail thing...or sail the Carribbean.....or 47 other things"... we are old just on the outside...and our health is NEVER going to be better than right now...so we shall dive right in...after all...the only way to assure failure is to NEVER try..we have decided that wide-screen t.v's produce wide-assed voyeurs of life...content to watch OTHERS live...while we sit watching...and that is a shame...that is WAYYYYY more than anyone cares to know about us....so there...and Kimberly...i hope this gets you off my ass...remember...if you hold your remote MORE than you hold your wife....you are missing out...my fingers are tired...