My Summer Aspen 2009 road trip was a major success. Thank you to everyone who made it a great time. 2 weeks on the road across the USA and only 2 nights total in a hotel room!! I’m not going to write a crazy long post as a re-cap of the whole thing (mostly because I don’t feel like typing it all out). But this was simply a great adventure to set off out on and succeed at. And, I did paragliding which I’ve wanted to do for a LONG time!! It just makes you feel like you can do anything you set your mind to.

I got back to Boston on Friday afternoon and its been great to be back. Except tomorrow, I re-enter the real world again and head back to my office for the first time since July 10th!!! I can only imagine what has changed and gone down. But these past 3 weeks have been an amazing recharge for me that I needed badly. I haven’t had this much time out of an office in .. like.. never..

I actually didn’t take a ton of pictures on this trip but I do have some I’ll be putting up at some point. Here are a couple going through Independence Pass to Aspen. A dangerous mountain pass only open in the Summer but shaves off a lot of time to get there.

Yes, that is snow in the middle of July still in the mountains.

Just a very quick update…

Jury duty thankfully concluded on Friday and so I’m now a free man! The case involved nearly $4 million in blow - that’s 13.2LBS to be exact - with a mandatory state minimum sentence of 15 years in state prison.

And so the planned road trip begins now…… I’m heading to NY today for the party and then bright and early on Sunday I start the first leg of the trip. Look on facebook for status updates, mobile uploads and other notes on the voyage. I may do updates here at bigger destinations.

Just a man.. His Harley.. And the open road.. See everyone soon.

After a lengthy day of empanelment on a civil case and criminal case, I was unfortunately selected as an official juror for a substantial criminal case today. I can’t give any details, but the Judge has told us that they expect this trial to last 3-4 days and that she’ll have a better idea after the trail starts. The court case starts at 9AM tomorrow with court getting out at 4PM each day. Multiple felonies, multiple defedents, some translators.. Its a small buffet of legal stuff..

My HOPE is this wraps by Friday because I’m scheduled to be on vacation from 7/20 - 7/31 for a HUGE road trip out west on the Harley!! If things go according to plan.. I’ll be heading to NY on Friday. Saturday I’m going to Zack and Jamie’s HUGGE party. And then Sunday, I head west and continue west for a few days.. I’m going to stay a night with my sister in Omaha. And I expect to be in Aspen, CO by Wednesday or possibly Thursday. Stay there at Maurie’s for a few days of party’s, paragliding, spa/massage treatment (I’ll be really sore after days of riding) and then hit the road back east on 7/27…

The trip is over 4,300 miles long, 11 states total in 2 weeks.. Just a man, his Harley and the open road.. Can’t wait.. I’m taking I-80 out and I-70 back part of the way to change it up. I see something cool.. I’ll stop.. No diehard schedules.. Hopefully, I don’t get too drunk and hungover on the locals homemade corn liquor through the Plains and delay the trip.

Tomorrow, bright and early, I start a mini vacation and road trip home to NY on the bike.  This week and weekend is Americade in Lake George so they’ll be LOTS of bike around the area.  Thursday night, getting together with the normal crew for some riding and hanging out.  Friday Zack has off as well so we’ll be doing lots of riding then as well as Saturday.  Then its back home on Sunday and I also have Monday off as a comp day for working my ass off…

Definitely looking forward to being out of the office for a few days and seeing everyone in NY!

Time to get to bed..

The week is finally over and I get to start my long weekend tomorrow!  My bus leaves at 9AM in Back Bay and should hit Mid-town Manhattan around 1PM.

Schedule when I arrive is to head over to Times Square and drop my bag off with Jeremy. Then I plan on just walking around some, check out Central Park and all that.  Then I’ll be meeting up with Joel and whoever else for dinner, etc in the city.

Saturday, going to do some more tourist stuff, probably do a bus tour around the city.  I’ve seen some sites from past visits but definitely not anywhere close to everything.  Saturday night its onto the big birthday party somewhere in the city I don’t even know - but it should be fun..

Sunday: Recover.. Maybe do lunch someplace or whatever.  Head back over to mid-town and catch my bus back to Boston.

I’m heading down to NYC on March 6th weekend for Joel / Jeremy’s Birthday party. I haven’t been down to NYC even though its so close in YEARS!! So needless to say, I’m really looking forward to the trip. The other fun part is we’ll have a reunion of our 9-person Zermatt crew that owned it in Switzerland in 2007.

To get down there: I splurged a little bit and spent $89 each way. With that I get to travel on the Limo Liner that leaves from the Back Bay Hilton and goes to NYC Hilton. So I can just walk over from my apartment and not worry about having to go across town to South Station.

The bus is totally VIP with a stewardess, first class wide leather seating for 28, wireless internet and satellite TV, etc.. It’ll be nice to travel in luxury coming back Sunday after a night partying in the city on Saturday!  I also have a reserved seat in the row-of-one there & back so I don’t even have to sit next to anyone and can just chill…