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The D-Tour: 2007 Millennial Ride

Five days left until the newly named – D-Tour! Thanks go to Aaron Delong for the name. I’m getting shirts made up this week. Friday I rode for 62 miles, Saturday I rode for another 33. On the tour I have to ride between 55-95 miles a day. I will post the day to day agenda before I leave on Saturday morning from my house and head for our first stop in Globe.

I can tell you that we have two days planned where Stephanie will be picking me up and taking me to that night’s destination (the first day is one of them!). We are staying at camp sites for much of the trip, however we do have a few motels planned and one bed and breakfast. I start riding most days by 6am and I am completely done for the day by 2pm.

I’m very excited and I think Stephanie is actually getting a little excited as well. I know she will be excited when its over. If all goes as planned, we will be in Del Rio by Thursday morning June 7th.

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Naming the Bike Tour – part 2

OK — I’ve had some great suggestions. But I’m still searching – and with the bike tour only a week away, I better find something fast! Some of my favorite suggestions from you guys –

De Ass is Sore Tour — DAS 2007 by Gena
Trip N Dale’s by Aaron
The Trek to Hell Rio by Dana

I’ve thought of a few additional names:

Blast the Ballast Bike Tour — The B3Tour
Trek of Tonnage — T-squared Tour
Push Past the Poundage Tour — The P3Tour

If you have any additional ideas – or just want to cast your vote for your favorite, please pipe in – there’s only a week left!

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Hazing the Labor Unions

Most of the time when I see a group of protesters, I assume they are liberals because conservatives are too busy creating jobs, building businesses, and paying taxes to stop long enough to make signs and spend an entire day on a street corner, however being it was a Saturday, some conservatives do have weekends off so I wasn’t so quick to judge.

Me and ‘Venny’

With my wife protesting my resolve to approach the activists, we parked and I walked up to ask these guys what had them so upset. They were protesting Rite Aid because according to the labor union they intimidated employees that attempted to organize and bring the unions into Rite Aid. The flier they were handing out said that Rite Aid employees were force to work over time and have no job security. I read the flier, listened to what they had to say, then went into Rite Aid so I could buy new batteries for my camera to get a few pictures while we proudly held up our Rite Aid bags!

Rite Aid Rocks!

Ok – to be fair, I know that labor unions brought us the forty hour work week and helped bring about laws that require safer work conditions, and minimum wages. There was a time in American history when we needed to join together as a work force to stand against employers. But in my opinion, that time has pasted.

Maybe I’m wrong – lets try for 20 hour work weeks, two months paid time off, and lets not forget about job security – forget all that ‘at will’ employment stuff. Maybe one day we could be as productive as France.