Getting Started

Well at 3:30 AM on Monday, as we headed out the door, I began to wonder if this was really such a good idea.  Anyway, met up with Rex and David and we made our way to Sacramento airport for our 6:00 AM flight to Minneapolis.  All went well with our Southwest flight to Denver and then on to Minneapolis taking off without a hitch.  Love Southwest...........go long on the stock this week as both flights were 100 % full.

Anyway, we are going to try to keep all our friends updated as we make our way along the Mississippi River from MN to New Orleans.  About 2,000 miles.  Going to be an interesting journey, and one which should be lots of fun, lots of hard work, and lots of new experiences. 

We are all checked in at the Holiday Inn next to U of M and we went over to where Rex had shipped our bikes.  Everything looked good and the bike shop itself was really amazing.  Better/Bigger than any shops in Sacramento.  Rex set us up to really rough it I see. To really get in shape for our trip and get used to the climate we are going to take a day and do a little site seeing.  Going to the Mall of America.....................Ha. 

Will try to keep all updated via this communication methodology.  Many thanks to Sam for helping set this up.  See even an old dog can learn new tricks.  Have to sign off for now as David has informed me that happy hour is now upon us.  Cheers.  Pass along our contact information to all.  Have fun.