Minnesota

I'm safely back in MN now. My mom is feeding me tasty treats non-stop and the snow has been accumulating by the minute. It's good to be home...

Several stitches later...

Ok. I unexpectedly had a few stitches near my arm yesterday. The doctor assures me that I'll be fine by the time I leave for my bike trip on January 9th. Given that I had a minor surgery yesterday, I spent the night sleeping instead of packing. Dale=hero of the night. That means that I'm packing now and I'm praying that I won't forget some of my trip's essentials. Helmet, pedals, seat, etc. I have a brand new Surly Cross-check touring bike waiting for me in Minnesota. I know it is rather moronic to start a ~3,100 mile ride with a new bike. Trust me, I'll figure it out...

Email Address

FYI: My email address is ahklosterman@gmail.com

Getting Closer...

Today is the last Sunday I will spend in Jackson, WY for a couple months. Thus far, my weekend has been filled with two Christmas parties, winning bags and bags of chocolate, snow shoe-ing, an elk steak dinner with good friends, church, swimming, biking and spending time with Dale. Also, yesterday I opened the wet suit Dale got me for Christmas and I frolicked around my condo feeling like a super hero. (We're doing a half Ironman on June first.) Awesome.

I am so content with my life.

My upcoming cycling adventure consumes most of my thoughts. Keep our safety in your prayers! I haven't been to CA, NM, TX, LA, MS or AL. Do you know anyone that would be willing to let my Dad and me stay with them? Listed below are some of the larger cities we will pass through during our epic journey...

CA

San Diego (Peterson's daughter)
Alpine
Jacumba
Seeley
Brawley
Glanus
Blythe

AZ

Quartzite
Hope
Salome
Aquila
Phoenix (Mesa= my grandparents)
Tempe
Apache Junction
Superior
Globe
Geronimo
Safford

NM

Buckhorn
Silver City
Hillsboro
Hatch
Las Cruces
La Mesa

TX

El Paso
Fabens
Fort Hancock
Sierra Blanca
Van Horn
Kent
Fort Duris
Alpine
Marathon
Sanderson
Dryden
Langtry
Cornstock
Del Rio
Bracketville
Camp Wood
Leakey
Hunt
Kerrville
Blanco
Kyle
Lockhart
Bastrop
La Grange
Burton
Navasota
New Waverly
Coldspring
Romayor
Kobotze
Sillsbee
Kirbyville

LA

Merryville
De Ridder
Mittle
Oberlin
Mamou
Washington
Lebeau
Simmesport
St. Francisville
Baton Rouge
Easleyville
Bogalusa

MS

Poplarville
Perkinston
Vancieave

AL

Grand Bay
Mobile
Fairhope
Gulf Shores

FL

Pensacola
Milton
Crestview
DeFuniak Springs
Bonifay
Marianna
Phattahoochee
Quince
Tallahassee
Monticello
Madison
Wellborn
High Springs
Gainesville
Hawthorne
Palatka
St. Augustine

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