BLOG OF THE WEEK   THIS WEEK HAS BEEN DIFFICULT WHEN IT COMES TO WRITING A BLOG ABOUT TEAM LAUGHING DOG AND OUR RACE ACROSS AMERICA TO RAISE AWARENESS AND MONEY FOR AUTISM.  I LEARNED ON JUNE 5TH THAT I WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO RIDE DURING THE RACE BECAUSE OF A NECK INJURY AND THEN AS THE WEEK WENT BY THINGS JUST SEEMED TO GET WORSE.  NOT ONLY COULDN’T I RIDE,...

The Race Across America has some photos of the guys that I wanted to share the link to. (Wouldn’t let me Download them, so this will have to do). Team Laughing Dog Brewing...

I am sitting here in front of my computer in my jammies feeling all warm and cozy, but with the telephone call from Wayne this morning from the Walmart parking lot in Cortez Colorado I was transported to the Race Across America. The team has traveled almost over 1000 miles as of today and in Wayne’s words, “If the rest of the course is going to...

TODAY IS THE DAY.  THE DAY WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR, PLANNING AND TRAINING FOR OVER A YEAR.  IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF WEEKLY MEETINGS, COUNTLESS DEBATES, ENDLESS DISCUSSIONS OF THE BEST WAY TO RIDE BICYCLES 3000+ MILES ACRROSS THE COUNTRY IN ONE WEEK OR LESS. DURING THE RACE ACROSS AMERICA, THE TOUGHEST ENDURANCE CYCLING EVENT IN THE WORLD, HANDWRINGING OVER HOW...

Today, I had an appointment with my doctor.  Good news and bad news. The bad news first: 1.  I will have to be on pain medication every 4 hours for the next 10 and 1/12 weeks.  Sprinkle in 1-2 Valium every 6 hours to act as a muscle relaxant and I will should be in la la land for the remainder of the summer.  The down side of pain medications is the...

It is official, the lake is now at flood stage and my dock is underwater.  It continues to rain with no end in site.  So what else is new? I have to share a short story with you.  Last night, I had the opportunity to meet a nurse from Bonner General under not so pleasant circumstances.  She was very polite, made me feel good about our meeting and...

Teammates, I apologize for not keeping you informed of my current medical status.  I was released from the hospital on Wednesday afternoon and have spent the last days taking pain medications every 4 hours along with Valium every six hours and one other pain medication to relieve the muscle spasms in my neck and back.  To say the pain has been somewhat ...

Team Laughing Dog won’t start the race until Saturday, but others are starting today!!  

When we started to train more than 18 months ago for the Race Across America we knew there was a chance that one of the original four riders might end up not doing the race. The probability was (and still is) high that an injury or other life event would make it impossible for one of us to start the race on June 18th.  Sure enough the probabilities kicked in...

The countdown timer on the website now says “10 days” until we start RAAM. Again, the butterflies….. Last night, we had our final fundraiser/thank you/send off party at Laughing Dog Brewing. If you didn’t make it, you missed out. Justin (from Trinity at City Beach) provided a smackdown BBQ of epic proportions. Ribs, pork, sausage, and brisket (yes, that...