Oh my gosh! My legs are so sore! I don’t want to get out of this bed. But setting a quick alarm for 6:30 anyway. Its now 5:20. One thing I’ve decided upon is this. 50 miles per day on a fully loaded bicycle camping trip is a little too much. Its fine when you’re …
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Day 3 – Epic Solo Bike Ride
Choosing between rewriting yesterdays lost post, or doing nothing. My butt is aching, as is much of my body. I had spent an hour writing a post for day 2, and the WordPress App lost it when I backed out. Slightly disappointing. I’m tired, but it’s difficult to sleep. I want to get an early …
Day 2 – Epic Solo Bike Ride
A moment of silence for James Kim please. I was reminded of him more than once today. The original story was that he was directed to take a road by his navigation software that got his vehicle stuck in the snow. He died trying to walk out for help while his family stayed behind. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kim …
Day 1 – Epic Solo Bike Ride
Only at mile 4.25 and I’ve already finished an entire bottle of water. This is unusual under normal circumstances, but it’s already really hot at 11:15, and the climb up River View cemetery was rough with the 50 pounds I’m carrying (I hear Maria Schur saying “too much weight”). Refilled water at KFC and dropped …
Itinerary for epic solo bike ride
I can’t get Google maps to place the route precisely the way I want with an embedded map, and it won’t do it on a single map. So I’ve created a couple of links to the tentative route and will simply have to list my destinations until I can get my Android app to record …