Altoona PA

Altoona is beautiful on the outside. Green rolling hills and some fairly high places. The town is very quiet. Full of people who have been around here for years. Good things: Easy Train ride into New York, Boston, Washington and Philadelphia. Nice people. Tough to just work in. Lots of old traditional family restaurants. I go today but it has been a hard pull. I came after the opening and had to kind of guess what the other guys were doing. They left by Thursday and I had to pick up a lot of pieces. I am a really good realty company that is doing ok with selling in spite of the times. Workaholic but lots of humor and understanding.
Had a great time over the weekend. Onto my new bike and Anne and I rode up to Bloomer. It is really efficient and easy to ride. Swam 30 minutes on Sunday. Feel good with both biking and swimming. Have a long way to go with the running.

Through Washington and Out to Mississippi

Kansas was good but I was getting bored. I drove up to Wichita and then flew to Dulles Airport and drove at 1 am to Rockford, Maryland. I was lost, went towards a lighted area and was suddenly surrounded by police cars, snipers and semi automatics. I fell into something that needed guarding. I am sure I looked like a real threat. Worked until Friday, flew home and drove to Chicago to get our new bikes. Had a good time eating in fun restaurants, seeing Paul and Vivian and being with Anne. Our bikes are great and Paul has really fixed them up nicely.

Back to Rockford, shut down job on Tuesday, drove someone to Dulles then had to drive back in 5 pm traffic and thunderstorms from hell to Reagan Airport to catch a plane to Louisville, MS. Our crack travel department then set us up for reservations to Louisville, KY so I spent the night right in Washington. Our plane was delayed anyway. Drove past Arlington Cemetary and the Pentagon. On Wednesday morning, went right past the Jefferson and the Lincoln Memorial. Now in Louisville, MS with Joe Thompson. A fine southern gentleman who has explained a great deal about the South to me. Its hot and humid but I have a pool thirty steps (I counted them) from my room. I can swim all night if I want. Will probably go to another job on Monday.