i love minivans and running events

so the trip not only fused a bond between strangers and myself but also to a creation by the dodge car company known as the caravan...aka minivan. events like these are so tramatic yet so inspiring. the people trapped with me in that spacious and feature filled minivan for nearly 30 hours shared a wide spectrum of human drama. for that time at least we became fast friends. it's funny though how much of that time can be used to create a lasting friendship or forgotten and filed away as "ragnar relay buddies." I do know that for the people that are more or less constants in my life i forever see them with a little more insight and respect. this year my wife and i had ajoining legs in the relay and she passed the "torch" to me. i get very sentimental when i start a pursuit knowing that my wife is there to send me off and at the end to greet and admonish me. katie and i were interviewed at the end and probably made asses of ourselves in the ghetto fabulous way we're used to when the spotlight is on us, but whatevs.

raccoon update:
caught a baby...the others are being illusive. raccoons remind me of mini raptors. o and the night i wrote the last blog i stayed up till 6am defending my family from a raccoon that was digging through our ceiling and not deterred by me at all. if it showed it's face i would have dirty harried his ass all over the place.