Fw:Testing the cell blog system

So, as the weeks finish out to the Tour de Kunisaki, I want to make sure the blog is fully up and running the way I want it to be. Last year I set this up so I could send myself emails from my cell phone at a special address, then viewers could check here for blog entries.

Tonight is the first real attempt at making the thing work. I should be able to type out the blog entry on my laptop, drop it over to my Vodafone cell phone and send it away to the blog site. For now, the RSS feed will not update and I do not have any intentions of setting that up right away. We will see how that works out for a little bit.

Additionally, astute readers will notice that my site title has changed slightly. Formerly, the blog was called Cycling in Iwakuni. Well, as of the middle of last week plans have finalized for a move out of Japan back to the motherland, US of A. Sometime in mid to late December we will uproot the family and take them back to the Washington D.C. area where I hope to continue my cycling exploits.

I am looking forward to working out the schedule for next year and figuring out which races to participate in. There are some great hill climbs, with the Wintergreen Ascent (Virginia Hill Climb Championship) at the top of the list. There are some great road races in Virginia, and the D.C. area has some great criteriums and road races as well.

This is hoping all of this works like it is supposed to! I am sending this from my cell phone tonight to double check functionality.

Here is ride info from today. Gorgeous ride down and around Oshima Island. Got back to Iwakuni a little early so I did a lap around the base to round off the time closer to 4 hrs. Pretty close!