Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Classic 33!!!

Copilot - check
Registration - check
Race number - check!

Number 33 in the 33rd race, let's take that as a Good Sign. I'm a big fan of Good Signs. When I started working on this adventure, it seemed like an obstacle race... lots of questions and problems to overcome. As soon as I nominated Wings of Hope as my charity, the pieces started falling into place at an almost alarming rate. I took that to be a Good Sign too.

Getting Lara as a copilot felt like another Good Sign -we know each other through ADVrider.com, an online forum for motorcycling adventurers, and we share not only a love of aviation, but also a love of riding. ADVrider.com quickly became one of our biggest supporters, contributing almost $2,000 so far to Wings of Hope. If that's not a Good Sign, I don't know what is.

We're nearing the $6,000 mark on our fundraising efforts. You guessed it: a Good Sign. Heading into the home stretch now, with big goals for raising four times that amount in the next two months!!! Stay tuned for more Good Signs on that front :-)

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Meet my Copilot!


I'm very happy to introduce my copilot for the Derby: Lara Carpenter. She is a Captain with SkyWest, a fellow motorcyclist, and an enthusiastic aviatrix. We haven't actually flown together yet, but she says she knows how. ;-)

Lara attended Embry Riddle, flew some aerobatics, and enjoyed piloting small planes to camping trips before joining the airlines. I'm counting on her to keep me on track, and she's already proven to be a realist who's not afraid to call it like she sees it. Good qualities in a crewmate. Welcome to the team, Lara!