Sunday evening, later - June 21st

One of my biggest challenges on this trip is forgetting things Being an old guy this has become more of an issue. When I stop to read the map, I get out my reading glasses to read it and then I take off down the road with them still on and it takes me awhile to figure why everything is so blurry. I take off my gloves so I can get the map and put on my glasses and I set them on the gas tank. I forget to put them back on, so I have to pull back over and run down the road and pick them up out of the road where they have fallen. One of the good things about my bike is that it won't start with the kick stand down. Otherwise I probably would have ripped it off by now. Oh the wonder of God's grace to me:-) False alarm! My little headlight does work:-) There is a little switch on the back of it to use to turn if off and I must have switched it off while I was putting the rain cover on:-) The bike has ran well. Pretty consistently getting 50 - 54 mpg. Starts every morning first crank. I have discovered that it doesn't want to start on a steep incline though:-) At this stage in the trip I would give myself an A for planning. I did bring way too many clothes:-) I will bring 3/4 of what I brought untouched. I also didn't need to bring my folding table. There has been a picnic table in every camp ground. I am on the other hand very thankful that I brought my folding camp chair. So nice to be able to sit in it in the evenings and read & write. I have developed a real fondness for freeze dried dinners, oatmeal, and flax seed breakfasts:-)