Tuesday June 30th - morning

My camp site last didn't have any mosquitoes, but it did have these little black gnats that were quite pesky. They didn't seem to bite, but they liked to land and crawl around on a person. I think they must have been licking me because they were terribly annoying. I left my helmet setting on the picnic table right side up so no rain would get into it, if it happened to rain. It didn't rain, but those little black gnats seemed to like the inside of my helmet. Warm and it smelled good. I didn't look in it this morning when I put it on and about one mile down the road they started crawling into my ears:-O I got stopped and pulled over very quickly and took the next 10 minutes getting those crawly creepy critters out of my helmet and my ears. Whoooeee was that bad!

Not quite as windy this morning, but maybe I am just used to it. Clear and very cold. I have all the clothes I brought on me. I look like a really big fat guy riding down the road. When I left on this trip I had visions of riding in nice hot weather wearing a t-shirt, blue jeans, half helmet, and sunglasses. Hasn't happened yet. Maybe when I get back in Oregon. It is now 8:30 am June 30th and I am about 30 miles from North Dakota.