Well...

where do I begin? so much has happened since I was here last.

I have to admit, I'm not real good at this...Blogging... I keep a journal and have for years, and

getting in the habit to Blog is still new. And to top it off, my typing skills are, well uh, they suck. But hey, I'm making the effort.

The training is going well. We're on a three week run so we have some time to get in to a routine.

I think the hardest part of training out here especially during the summer is trying to get to bed early enough to be able to wake up early enough to beat the heat. Yesterday in Phoenix the high was 114 degrees. Fortunately I was done by then. John Boy, our bass player tried to fry an egg on a rock, not quite hot enough. But if it's hot enough to make someone find an egg and a suitable rock on which to fry it on... you know it's hot.

Today we're in Vegas. I was up and out by 7:00am. I got 5 and other than feeling like I swallowed a sweater,

it was great!

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If this worked, I attached a map of the run I ran. I found this Map My Run web site that's been real fun and helpful in locating areas to run. Check it out!

I had a very special Father's Day this year.  Although I really wished I could have been home with Cindy and the boys we were in Washington D.C. this year and some of the guys in the band, the Warren Brothers, Lance Miller, and Tim's cousin, Cathy Rainey and I all went to Walter Reed Army Medical Center to visit with some soldiers and play some music. It was the most amazing show of the awesome spirit these young men and women of the military have. I met some real Heros... HEROS.

Mike, Curtis, Brian, Steve, are just a few of the guys I met and the impression they left on me will never be forgotten. We actually visited the Mologne House, kind of a Ronald McDonald House for the families of soldiers who have just recently been released from Walter Reed. Many with serious injuries they sustained while in battle, and all were in their twenties... just kids.

And when I would ask them what do they wanted to do when they got better they all said, " go back!"

I left the Mologne House a different person. Forever affected by total strangers that put their lives on the line to insure our freedom and safety.

I know it's not hardly enough but, Thank You!