Alex Iglecia

Okay, it’s really humid in Durham, North Carolina. Phew! But not bad enough that we couldn’t go for a six mile walk and bust the kettlebells out (in an air conditioned fitness room!). Yesterday I put together this map of our road trip. Here it is, going to Salt Lake City from Boston the long way.

We spend two fantastic days with our friend Priscilla, working out and tending to her outrageous dogs, watching Al Gore and Obama’s fantastic speeches, and resting. Phew! Thank you Priscilla and Mike!

We arrived Friday in Raleigh, North Carolina, where my sister Monica is going to school. Monica showed us something amazing. Beth and I sat 100 feet away from each other inside enormous cement half-spheres. I could tell that the idea was probably for us to be able to hear each other, due to the designed acoustics of the setup. But it wasn’t working. Just as I was about to give up, I leaned back to get up, and lo and behold, I could hear my voice resonating in my head. Then I could hear Beth, even a whisper, at 100 feet. Then, I didn’t want to leave! We don’t know what’s in store for the next few days before we leave for Tennessee, but I’m sure we’ll have a blast!

We noticed a sometimes serious, sometimes imperceptible wobble coming from the back of the car during our drive to Richmond, Virginia from Boston. This was very strange because Beth had our Prelude looked at, scanned, oiled, cleaned, aligned, re-braked (the front) and more. Was it due to the massive kettlebells laying unhappily dormant in the Prelude’s trunk? I didn’t think it was due to the weight, but we checked. It wasn’t! This meant that either the back wheels were misaligned (unlikely) or we had gone out of round with a delaminating tire. This had led to a popped back left tire for Beth once, leaving her somewhere on the 95 on a rainy day. So, we didn’t think this would be a good start to our 4,200+ mile roadtrip! A quick stop at a Richmond autoshop gave us our new right tire. We are now ready to go smoothly into the unknown!

We are packed and just about ready to leave. T minus 12.5 hours. Our email announcement is finally ready, after a phenomenal week at The Omega Institute with Glenn Black. Tomorrow Beth and I leave for a wild ride to Salt Lake City, and plan to arrive there on September 14th. Stay tuned!

I am on my way to The Omega Institute for two promising workshops with Glen Black, yoga teacher extraordinaire. I am thrilled to spend a week in a tent studying yoga anatomy and conscious movement. After this weeklong retreat/workshop, Beth and I will embark on our 18 day road trip down the East Coast and all the way across the U.S. to Southern California for my father’s 70th birthday. We plan to arrive in Salt Lake City by the 14th of September. Here we go!