Calls from Jacob

4/29/25 - Jacob was sworn in today and flew out to San Antonio. At 6:48pm he called with what must have been a script that was all he was allowed to say: "I'm alive. I've made it to San Antonio. MyLeer más
4/29/25 - Jacob was sworn in today and flew out to San Antonio. At 6:48pm he called with what must have been a script that was all he was allowed to say: "I'm alive. I've made it to San Antonio. MyLeer más
We had a dinner for Jacob's going away to boot camp. He leaves on 4/29/25. It is also Sam's 21st birthday tomorrow. We flew Nate in from Utah. Kole, Kynan, and Noah were here. ALSO, Jacob's friendLeer más
Wrap Up
I generally like to do a wrap-up post at the end of a trip, but this trip being so short and being a shakedown one is not really necessary. But I am the definition of verbose, so here sheLeer más
A couple more videos of the paved trails. It was so much better than we expected it to be. Beautiful, lovely weather, peaceful. We did about 49 miles over 3 days. It's been a great trip, but theLeer más
We knew that bike riding was hoping to be the primary activity for this trip, but we told ourselves that we would only make 1 post on bike riding.
Well, we were wrong. First, before we even got onLeer más
If only wishes came true.
Oh, but they do.
We were riding along and saw an "Alligator Crossing" sign. My Lovely said, "I wish we could see an alligator in the wild." Then, 30 seconds later, thereLeer más
This year the shakedown trip has a few more facets. We upgraded several things leading up to this trip.
We added an inverter and upgraded to LiFePo batteries with the hope that we could stay in stateLeer más
47 minutes behind schedule is not too bad. We don't have a schedule to keep or anything. But we are who we are. We have a scheduled departure time.
This is our shake down trip - our trial run for theLeer más