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You know I'm not one to toot my own horn but if you happened to be watching The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last Friday there's a good chance you may have seen my hat. Yes thats right! I was there in the audience, front row center, I even got to shake his hand...actually it was more of a hand pat but I'm sure if he had more time it would have been a full doublehanded shake. Actually I'm not a huge Leno fan, I'd rather take a nose-bleed seat at a Conan O'brian taping or better yet John Stewart but the tickets were free and it was a new experience. The guests that afternoon- er, "night" were William H. Macy (Fargo, Pleasentville, Magnolia) and some dude from that new documentary Murderball, there was also an ... read more

For the past few days the rain has not stopped. at one point today it hailed for about 2 minutes complimented with thunder and lightning. This weather has made getting to and from the gym a much wetter proposition. running from building to building hunched over all your gear while skipping and dodging puddles makes one look more like a soldier from a world war two movie than some one just trying to get to practice and stay dry. The weather has also had an effect on our night life as its much harder for the guys to go out. this lead to one of the biggest and most competitive games of cranium i have ever played. it started at around 9 and did not end untill well after 11 and was stopped by security comming ... read more

We were smart enough to NOT eat breakfast at the Hualapai and hit the road early for the Grand Canyon. We stayed at the Maswik Lodge with no air conditioning, which is as much "roughing it" as any of us were willing to endure. We hiked along the rim for about 2 miles. Nancy and Julie are not enjoying the lack of fences along the rim. We had dinner at El Tovar which was fabulous and enjoyed the sunset. We got a glimpse of more stars than we've ever seen before on the walk back to the lodge.... read more

Three more sleeps… Not that we are getting bored or anything, just a little road weary perhaps. We drove a long way today, through South Dakota. We started early this morning in Wyoming, and have ended our day in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, which is almost on the border with Minnesota. Today’s fun excursions included a drive south of the I-90 through Deadwood Gulch, to see Crazy Horse, a similar carving project to Rushmore. The thing that makes Crazy Horse so unique… they’ve been working on it for 55 years and it is still not done, and doesn’t even look close to done! To be fair, the size and magnitude of Crazy Horse is at least five times the size of Rushmore. We’re hoping it might be completed in our lifetime! Mount Rushmore was “as advertised”, ... read more

Hello from Chicago! As well as being the windy city, it's also been the hot city (37c) and the wet city (p***ing it down!) We have had some fun here though, Lollapalooza Festival was excellent - but very, very hot - needed lots of beer to keep us both cool! We have done some touristy stuff here as well such as vistiting the zoo, and ascending the top floors of both the Sears Tower and The John Hancock Building. The food here is fantastic! Chicago hot dogs are better than New York's and the Pizza Pie we had the other night was as delicious as it was humungous!!! It's our last day here - we get the overnight train to Memphis tonight - so we're making good use of the free internet at our hotel. There ... read more