May 19th, 2012 the day started off with me nuzzled in the bed with my favorite bunk mate that goes by the alias Puppy. We were warm dreaming he dreaming of running with Kimmy, ears blowing in the wind and I running through a forest talking to Jay Z...Just kidding, but really I was sleep and it was warm and it felt good and then we heard it. "ARE YOU UP?" I thought those words were part of a dream that would never come, so I stayed still. Then it came again "ARE YOU UP? WE HAVE TO GO!" At that moment I knew it was time to move because there were plans and I was slow to get things started Most people don't understand that when you are startled out of a deep sleep you are not necessarily coherent and I was not. All I knew was that we had to go, I had to change and it was a day in which I'd remember for a lifetime. May 19th was that day where hills, MUD, music, friends and BEER came together in perfect harmony and had a love child called the Mud Factor. What a challenging amazing experience on a beautiful day in Sonoma California. The rolling hills filled with the occasional glimpse of the farming communities surrounding us; the Goats along the hillsides and the subtle smells of grass, flowers, mud and manure filled the air. It was like stepping into a perfectly painted picture provided by Bob Ross as he is explaining in his soft monotonous voice to keep the brush angled. This was not the day to relax instead it was a day of challenges, laughs, falls and muddy hills. Life was beautiful