Date: 2006-01-22
To: A Little About Me
Miles today: 0.0

I think I will dedicate this entry to a little bit about me. So where should I start? Hobbies sounds like a good place. Well of course I like to hike, camp, travel, and spend time outdoors. If not then I should rethink this whole thru-hike idea right? To add to the above I also enjoy sailing, rebuilding old Volkswagens, attempting to play the banjo, running, and writing in this little old journal. I started sailing several years back and if you have never been out on a sailboat you should try it. Hook up with me, and I will take you. My dad and I have a little 16¢ Hobie Cat that we take down to the Florida coast several times each summer and have a blast. He bought it several years¢ back and although it was a good solid boat it needed a little love. Since then we have replaced all the cables and rigging, painted the hulls, added a set of Cat Trax, and built a new trailer. The old trailer was rusted really bad, so after a trip down to the local steel yard for supplies we welded a new one up and was on our way once again. After a few trips down to the coast for test runs we just about had it figured out and from then on have been hooked. There is nothing like loading it up, hitting the water, and running the sandbar for miles at a time. The best part is you never know what you are going to see in the water beneath you. Generally we see turtles, stingrays, matarays, various fish, and dolphins. I enjoyed it so much I looked at buying a 30¢ cabin sailor here in San Antonio to live on, but found out my current project was going to be 70+ miles for the lake and didn¢t want to commute that far everyday. Check out the pics of it.So you may ask about the Volkswagens and how I got into them. Well I have always been interested in cars and was some what intrigued by VWs because they are completely air-cooled. So I set off for my first one and on my 21st birthday pulled my first one home. It is a ¢78¢ Westy. These are the ones with the pop-top and are great little camping vehicles. The second one I bought off a guy in Auburn. It is a ¢74¢-transporter bus and was what I drove around college for a while. It has always been fun to cruise in. The current project pictured is a ¢62¢ ragtop beetle that I bought from the original owners and have completely disassembled and am currently working on restoring.   The banjo¢¦. Well I have had it for several years now and can still only play a handful of songs. This is partially because I am left-handed and it is a right-handed model. I think dad goofed that one up. The other is I don¢t really have any musical talent.   I only wanted to learn to play the banjo so when I get old and slow I will have something to do in the rocking chair on the front porch. I have a while still to learn. Running, well some say it isn¢t a sport. You go run a marathon and tell me it isn¢t a sport. I ran track and cross country in high school and have run multiple 5Ks, 10Ks, 12 marathons, and 1 marathon. I was hoping to squeeze one in before the start date but just don¢t think it is going to happen. Well I am going to wrap this entry up. Only one more and I will officially be posted. Yippee! Mouse