What a day. Ended up going about 43 miles just like yesterday. I was planning on doing more, but I had some issues with weather. When I woke up it had stopped raining, so I was hopeful that the bad stuff had passed by. After packing up and getting on the road I ran into hail only 10 minutes into the ride. That was a first, I think. I was still going up. I saw one sign that gave altitude. It said about 3,900 ft. But that was after I had come down a bit. So it was probably over 4,000. And it was cold. And it was raining most of the day. At one point I was turning right. If I was to turn left, there was a blinking sign telling cars that they had to chain up their tires. That should have been a warning. First off, it hailed again. For quite a long time. I hung out under a tree which protected me a bit. It stopped hailing, but soon the snow came. I was in denial for a while. Telling myself that the raindrops were getting a bit thicker. But it was snow. For a time I was very wet and very cold. Then I ran into a casino on an Indian reservation. I hung out in the bathroom trying to dry my gloves on the air blowers. I also sat down to evaluate and decided to eat some hot food. All good decisions. I spent an hour and a half getting warm and then went back out on the road. The weather had improved, but I was still frozen (could be pschological), so I went another 16 miles and called it quits for the day. Staying inside tonight. I turned the heater on full blast and spread my stuff around. Hopefully it will be better by morning. Somehow or other almost all of my stuff got wet, in spite of precations.
Ran into some more nice folks. Some very encourging, others helpful with good information.
No road kill report. Maybe they don't have as much wildlife here, or the wildlife is more wary of the road, or the drivers are better, or something else. We will see if it continues.
Not too many interesting things on the side of the road today. A car wheel, rim and tire attached. but most of the time I was paying attention to my inner dialogue trying to be positive about a not so positive day. Til later.
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