Showing posts with label 5000 miles Iraq. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5000 miles Iraq. Show all posts

Thursday, December 17, 2009

5000 Miles In Iraq


At 6:30 this evening on Perimeter Road, I passed 5000 miles on the bike in Iraq. I need 99 more miles to have 7000 total for the year. I should make it by Christmas.
That makes more than 400 times around the Perimeter Road. I am a hamster!!!

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

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