Hi Toninator,
Thanks for the links! I am in the Humble area so I'm not really close to Katy or the Woodlands, but I'm not adverse to driving across town to be able to ride with some more experienced folks. My wife and I do plan on doing the ms150 next year so I suppose I am getting ready for it. For some reason that doesn't worry me too much as my dear old dad did the 150 when he was 65 and he was an ex-smoker and lung-cancer survivor! So I figure if he can hack it, so can I... :-)
--g