It's almost time to hit the road.

Well then.  I see it's been a few since I posted anything. 

I've been traveling.  I've been training.  I've been just having a great time.  But most importantly, I've been scheming, planning and have come to a consensus... baseball is cool.

Last year, I took a month and went on a road trip.  I enjoyed it so much, that I have planned to do it again.  I never forsaw it to go about double the distance, but it is what it is. 

I always wanted to drive the 101.  TPH.  West Coast Highway. 
And, since I was gonna be over there, well, er, uh,  let's see some baseball.  After all, everyone needs an excuse to have a road trip every once in awhile, and well, this should take care of it for me for awhile, and maybe everyone else that says they are living vicariously through me.

I accept the challenge:

Ok, so it looks loile a lot.  It is.  And, I won't go into how limited Google Maps is for a month long road trip, but the major cities are depicted correctly.  X marks the spot of the whole reason why I did this trip, the three day long, 160 something bike ride to benefit the Children's Hospital of Denver.  http://www.couragetours.com/ if you're interested in making a donation for me this year.

Ok, back to the trip.  The route actually follows the 101 all the way thru Oregon, and all the way around Olympic National Park in Washington.  It goes thru Electric City, Washington as well, and makes a jaunt to Creston, BC, Canada for a brewery tour. 

Then, come down through Kaispell, Wyoming, and thru Grand Teton and Yellowstone.  Should be a great trip.  8200 plus miles. 

I do have to show you probably the most beautiful map I've seen in awhile.  It helped me spend an entire week in the LA/ San Diego area to wait for Oakland to get their butt back in town.  Thanks, MILB:

Yes, It's a map of all the minor league teams in the US by geography.  Sweet.  I'm hitting 5 of the green ones in California.  Makes 15 baseball games in 16 days.

I'm gonna try and blog my trip this year.  Right now I'm looking into how to do that efficiently; will keep you folks posted.  Hope all is well in your world.