Friday, April17, 2015

The theme continues to be the weather. I try to gauge and watch the weather, but it changes really quickly - both in a good way and in a bad way. The riding has been really good. Today especially was great. Very rural, almost no traffic, really good roads. Lots of trees. Yesterday at the end of the day 4 cross country bicyclists ended up staying in the same motel. It was fun to talk weather, places to stay and the like. Today I rode with two of them for a while. Then they took a different route and we split up. Later in the morning another cyclist came and rode me me for about 20 miles. He lived just off the route and saw me go by. He wanted to find out more about cross country riding, so he caught up with me and we had a good time talking bikes and rides. Time and miles go quickly when engaged in a good conversation. Ended up going about 60 miles both days. Am about 20 miles from Gainsville. The forecast is still rain for at least two more days. I'm trying not to get too focused on the rain, but it is a challenge. Looking forward to getting back to normal life. I should be home in a little over a week. Doing well. Til later.