Today was my first day to ride in the rain. It was light rain and I was already drenched in sweat. My feet were squishing in my shoes even before the rain, so whatever. There aren’t many places to stay for the next couple hundred miles, and they are supposed to be the hardest couple …
Day off did nothing. Took the day off because I wanted to clean my cook kit and laundry because days ahead look hard, and yesterday ended up being way harder than it should have been. Also I thought there was a decent chance I tromped through some poison ivy, and if I did, I wanted …
Google tried to kill me today… alone… in the woods. Not sure why it sent me down a road that turned out not to be a road, and I should have turned back when it first turned in to gravel, but I was sure it was going to turn into a real road again. I …
20190709 – Google tried to kill me today… alone… in the woods. Read More »
Took an off day at the wonderful hostel I found myself at. It’s full of Appalaichain trail hikers, and they are a wonderful group of guys who all go by a trail name. Lionheart was cool, Treehouse runs the place, Outzi the Iceman heard I was looking for bear mace, and gave me a big …
20190708 – Chill day at a great hostel with some great people Read More »
Good 60 mile day today. Uphills weren’t as hard as I expected them to be. Beautiful scenery in the Appalachians. I crossed the AT (Appalachian Trail) today, and talked to a hiker who happened by. The last fifteen miles were all downhill and marvelous. Arrived in Damascus, and it’s an amazing little town. It kinda …
Started out foggy foggy. I had my blinky light on, but it’s a bit weak and needs a recharge. It was another short 42 mile day, but still quite hilly, and tomorrow I should do around 60, also with the steep hills. There were a few detours due to construction including one closed bridge that …
Just another slog of a ride up hills. Today, I didn’t really even get on the official route because I was going from one off-route hotel to an off-route Airbnb. I’m still not jazzed about camping just yet, but definitely will be doing more of that later in the tour. Some of the camping here …
Happy fourth of July! Started out tired and sore from yesterday, and I was determined to take it easy today. There was a nice bit of cloud cover and most the roads were quite light on traffic. There were a few highway miles including part of the 6.5 miles I had to redo from backtracking to a …
Tipping point maybe where my body starts getting used to it. That’s what I thought half way through the day anyway. By the end of the day intense pain again. Blue ridge parkway was quite beautiful, but it was more of a totality thing, not something that can be captured in a single picture. Smells …
I went to bike shop today, “can we help you?” “My ass hurts. Seriously, I need help with that. More comfortable shorts, saddle, not sure what. Please help me” I bought a new pair of shorts to try out. Other than that, just layed around. Was planning on getting this pathetic website up and running, …