Long Week Ahead

While working on next week's schedule, I noticed something interesting, I'm on vacation the first three days of the week.  Stacy and I will be headed to Fall Creek Falls on Saturday morning and staying until Wednesday morning.  I'm planning on camping, fishing and golfing while there, this place is beautiful year long and is a great vacation destination.

Then work informed me to invite some clients to the Titans/Chargers game on Sunday, so I now have box seats for Sunday's noon kickoff and Stacy gets to go too. So we will be driving back from FCF on Sunday morning in time to meet my clients and get to the stadium for the festivities. 

Today, Nichole and West stopped by my office since they were in town from Orlando for a wedding.  So after the ballgame on Sunday we will meet them for an early dinner before they head back to Florida and we get back to camping.

I'll return back to work on Thursday only to be out again on Friday for a golf tournament.  Then of course I will be back into the weekend again.

Hope everyone gets a long week like mine soon.

A Labor Day Walk in the Park-Land Between the Lakes

We started this little adventure by meeting at the south welcome station on The Trace at LBL at 5am.  Then we got into David's car and drove to the north welcome station and stepped off onto the trail about 6am.

About 16 miles in we were all still smiles

Allison wanted me to post this picture of her on facebook for a friend.

David and David checking in with technology while taking a break

Our water supply during a stop on day one, we used tablets to purify the water.  With the heat index right at 100 we needed to stay extra hydrated.

Each of us had a backpack that averaged about 35 pounds and the north portion of this trail was very hilly and trails were mostly rocky sloops that caused us to get a few blisters from our feet sliding back and forth in our hiking shoes.

David says ya can't camp in style without your own personal can of cheese.  Camp was a stony plateau next to a spring.  We used our hiking water pumps to fill our water bottles and bladder the following morning before we headed back out onto the trail.

My feet were toast after the first day, and my broken left toe was screaming!

The northern part of the trail traces the coastline of Kentucky Lake.

We planned on doing 20 miles over three days, but we were way over optimistic in our planning.  We did manage 40 miles over two days and were ready to get back to our homes and families on Saturday night.

I spent Sunday in bed eating 800 Motrin and muscle relaxers like candy.  Was able to get up and move around on Labor Day, but very slowly, my left foot was swollen and the nail beds on 7 toes were bruised.

But you know what?

Spending two days sweating my butt off with 3 of my favorite people was well worth it.  Looking forward to our next outing.