I am back. I had actually planned to download a picture that showed more of my pride and joy but you get the picture. I bought Mast Confusion in April of 2011. I threw left cane on boat to remind me of where I was coming from. The trip back to Idaho was a bit more difficult. On the way out I had been taking advantage of being pushed through the large airports in a wheelchair. The pain was still pretty intense. I was taking 100 mg. of oxyconten a day and had trouble standing without a cane. However. I swore I was going to make this work. Barbara has known me over 10 years and she told me that I seem to have a knack for shoving myself into a corner just so I can fight my way out. :-) She may be right. She was the only one who believed I would pull it off.  So I kept up with the training. By august I started feeling like I could not stand myself if I did not get to the boat. Pack and sell, Pack and sell. Got down to a trailor load of stuff to haul to Corpus Christi, Tx. I figured I would get the boat there and be able to change a few things on it during hurricane season. Then head back to Florida and then on to carribean. Best laid plans right. So here is a view of what I am leaving in North Idaho. This is about 7000 ft.