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. MyEn savoir plus
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. MyEn savoir plus
Today is the day! Jacob was sworn in a few minutes ago and is signing papers. In a few minutes he will board the bus to the airport for his flight to San Antonio, TX for basic training at Lackland AirEn savoir plus
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 friendEn savoir plus
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 sheEn savoir plus
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 theEn savoir plus
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 onEn savoir plus
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, thereEn savoir plus
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 stateEn savoir plus
Along with making sure the camper is good to go, we are also making sure the bikes are ready. Today we took a nine mile ride. Walked out on the pier....lots of wind, surf, and rip tides. Then we rodeEn savoir plus
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 theEn savoir plus