Smell bad
Check time
Extricate self from bivy
Dry out tent supplies as best as possible
Eat breakfast
Pack up. Tie wet clothes to bike*
Warm up ride
Take off and pack jacket
Snack
Ride
Gawk at coastal scenery
Ride
Piss on side of road
Ride
Gorge on lunch in whatever town we land at
Try to dry out tenting supplies some more
Ride
Rest
Ride
Arrive at camp
Sign up for campsite
Put up tents
Shower
Heat up dinner
Talk and play games
Enter tents
Fall rapidly asleep
*Today I didn't secure my underwear well enough, and it fell off as I crossed a bridge. Fortunately, Matt saw it happen (and saw them get run over by an 18-wheeler) and picked it up. I had already said goodbye to the $6 pair of special travel undies, but they were saved. And literally have a skidmark on them.
High up on a hillside, you can see the low clouds covering the rolling country below:
Some signs that I thought were hobo signs, but I think are runes:
Not a bad number of hot dogs sold for a town of 177:
Posting from the beach in the camp we're staying at -- Humbug Mountain State Park. There's another stream here leading to the scene that reminds me of the plains of Tibet or Mongolia.
My phone is on the fritz again. Hopefully fix before it dies out.
[1 year anniversary note:
At some camp, I was so eager to shower that I didn't take off my jersey. I'd done it before. But this time I forgot to fish out my wallet and phone. It got quite a splashing before I realized.
You can see the condensation in the left of the picture above. I spent maybe 10 min sitting on a rock at the beach picking away at the charging port, trying to dig out baking soda. I'd packed the phone in a paper towel and then put that in a baggie with baking soda, hoping to draw out moisture.
At one point, I thought I had it fixed, but I could tell it was doing the usual iPhone moisture-caused fast discharge. I had to leave my dynamo on a lot more than usual just to keep the phone alive. This spilled over to having to ask Matt or Gabe to help charge the GPS.]
9/10 pics: https://picasaweb.google.com/105909573807230408134/BikeTour910?authkey=Gv1sRgCOuX0aG428zgbw
[1 year anniversary note:
At some camp, I was so eager to shower that I didn't take off my jersey. I'd done it before. But this time I forgot to fish out my wallet and phone. It got quite a splashing before I realized.
You can see the condensation in the left of the picture above. I spent maybe 10 min sitting on a rock at the beach picking away at the charging port, trying to dig out baking soda. I'd packed the phone in a paper towel and then put that in a baggie with baking soda, hoping to draw out moisture.
At one point, I thought I had it fixed, but I could tell it was doing the usual iPhone moisture-caused fast discharge. I had to leave my dynamo on a lot more than usual just to keep the phone alive. This spilled over to having to ask Matt or Gabe to help charge the GPS.]
9/10 pics: https://picasaweb.google.com/105909573807230408134/BikeTour910?authkey=Gv1sRgCOuX0aG428zgbw
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