Well, there comes a time in every mans life when you just have to admit that maybe you were wrong. It looks like this is going to be one of those times.

The whole last post about the Yellowstone experience - just never mind.

It turns out that once you get used to the altitude, and the attitude, it just isn't bad at all. Everything I hoped it would be, it now is.

It seems I was just having a great deal of trouble getting adapted to the altitude after all of the years down there near sea level. I just couldn't get very much sleep due to feeling like I just wasn't getting any air at night. Now it seems, that issue has resolved itself and I am sleeping much, much better.

Sleep will cure many ills. I've gotten to where the job doesn't bother me (except for the part where I'm in an office all day instead of out in the park), the food is actually tolerable and I am losing weight hand over fist, I finally got the motorcycle out of the trailer and that has helped, and I've started to take off on my days off and get out and about to see the countryside outside the park as well as inside.

This has resulted in a whole new attitude for me. I feel absolutely great. I probably feel better than I have in ten years. Since I have my diet under control and I'm starting to lose weight, I'm going to add some more physical activity and hiking to the agenda to speed it up even more.

As for the liberals, well, they're still liberals, but most of them are not bad people, just intolerable of any opinion than that they believe in. Some of them, like the kid and the star wars trooper shirt, turned out to just be a huge star wars fan, and liked the shirt, no hidden agenda whatsoever. So in my lack of sleep induced grumpiness, I may have been a bit overly sensitive in that arena.

None of this really came easy now, I had to make a few changes. I put up their lousy blankets and sheets and got myself a nice set from the Walmart with a set of twin sheets (with a fitted bottom sheet) and a nice comforter. In addition I got a foam pad that fits the twin bed which made it much more comfortable. It was way to stiff and caused me pain in my hip joints till I got the pad. All together it made sleeping a LOT better in addition to getting used to the altitude.

I rented a storage place in Livingston, Montana for all the stuff I had in the trailer so it's a lot lighter now. I got the bike out on a Saturday in the middle of a snow storm of all things, lol. So it was a few days before my first ride in the park. I may ride out the northeast entrance these upcoming two days off and ride over the Chief Joseph Highway to Cody. It is a spectacular ride, done it many times before.

So, things are looking up in most arenas. I even bought my roommate a six pack of his favorite beer and he's been pretty okay since. Okay, he's still a bit bitchy still, but he's much more tolerable than he was. So it's okay.

I'm living and working in Yellowstone National Park. And finally, it just doesn't get any better than that.