Rained
all last night but I was snug and warm in a hotel room. Not so tonight; I'll be
sleeping in my tent. Left about 8
o'clock
this morning and was confronted with a brutal wind coming out of the West.
Could only make 4 miles an hour at times, and it felt like I could walk faster
than I was bicycling. The wind is one obstacle that can really wear on a
person's morale. Met my first bicyclists today traveling from Eugene, Oregon, to Washington DC. Normally I would've taken a picture but I was
too pooped to pop! I was too tired from the wind to take their picture; wish I
had. They had confronted an eastbound wind the two previous days. Started out
with beautiful scenery as can be seen from the picture shown here, and then I
traveled to the flat open lands where the wind roared like a freight
train. At 20 miles I realized I was not
going to make my 45 miles today. In Bradford, Illinois, checked in at a farm to
see if I could pitch a tent and the folks were most accommodating. Have a
beautiful view outside my tent door. Should wake up to the rising sun in the
morning and behold this pastoral beauty. Hoping that the wind is accommodating
tomorrow so that I may put some miles under my wheels. In any event, it's a
great trip and continues to be that every day with new and exciting
adventures. |
| They certainly have big raccoons in this part of the country! |
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| Jim Hewitt |
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| Shallow Brook Farms, my home for tonight |
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| View from my tent door |
