Tuesday, March 24, 2015

A good and interesting day.  Last night when I was cleaning the chain it looked like it might need to be changed, but I got lazy and decided I didn't want to mess with it.  When I checked the air in the tires, the back tire had lost a lot of air.  So I pumped it up.  When I checked in the morning, the tire had lost all of the air I had put in it the night before.  So, it was mehcanic time.  Rear tires are always hard, and I figured since I was going to get dirty changing the tube in the back, I might as well do the chain while I was at it. It had been almost 1300 miles, so a new chain was probably overdue.  Without too many hassles, I got the tube and chain changed and didn't get too dirty in the process.  As many of you know I don't consider myself a mechanic by any stretch of the imagination.  So it felt good.

Back on route was interesting.  That means rural roads, and not many towns.  The town listed on he map had a cemetary and one boarded up building.  It does make for some incredibly peaceful riding, however.  More hills today, but I did alright.  I saw some live critters today.  A flock of wild turkeys.  It was surprising.  I didn't expect to see them in this area for some reason.

Road kill report  - one turtle, 1 armadillo, two wild turkeys, and a deer.

Tonight I find myself in Johnson City, Texas - hometown of LBJ. Tomorrow I should make it into Austin. One peciliarity of this area are signs that indicate that flooding across the road is a distinct possibility.  In fact I was advised to take along a highway map of Texas just in case the road I was on got cut off and I needed to find a different route.  I only went through one crossing that had water in it.  Each of the crossings has a distinct yellow sign with markings that indicate how many feet high the  water is going across the road, just in case one gets stupid and tries to cross when it is ill advised.Looking forward to Austin.  Til later.