as good as day 1 was day 2 was just that bad. terrible traffic no shoulder. spent much of the day in the lane with traffic missing me by inches. only got 21 miles and bailed early to see if i can finish us1 before sunrise…. and returning traffic. legs and feet are good back is shaky. stomach having some issues. biggest problem is google map measurements. i have 45 miles which should have put Read more…
there’s the fear of gang activity in this neighborhood may 10 day 1 the bar has been set high. it will be hard for any day to top my trip thru newport. i had company for the first and last few miles. newport, indeed all of road island so far, is spectacular; unique old homes, and fabulous mansions abound. here and there i was able to look down on naragansett bay, the highlight of the Read more…
may 9 day minus 1 one by one i have abandoned the accoutrements of the old life. just ditching my keys left me feeling naked. but what use have i for keys now? no house. no car. no office. no storage of useless possessions. i have no need for keys. and now most of the rest has gone with the keys. boxed up, and sent away. leaving me with nothing but what i think i Read more…
day minus 2 promising beginning. after a long day driving we were going to stop in allentown pa. unfortunately all allentown interstates were under construction. road signs were pretty much nonexistent, so we pulled off on an exit to check the map and figure out where we were. what good luck! the exit we picked was a toll road going the wrong way. we got off at the first opportunity and $2.10 poorer began a Read more…
stage one tennessee to road island 1200 miles 1.5 days this is the easiest leg in some ways. not so much in others. sitting in a car is really bad for the circulation in my leg. i am stopping every 2 hours and getting out to stretch. i learned the hard way that a day of unbroken driving would leave me unable to walk.
i cant believe it. since i set the starting date, last july, it alternately seemed like the day would never come, and seemed like it would come too soon… all depending on how my training was going. either way, it was some future event, more like a movie or a book, than something in real life. now i leave tomorrow. so many things will be different, that you never really even think about. i realized Read more…
i cant believe it. since i set the starting date, last july, it alternately seemed like the day would never come, and seemed like it would come too soon… all depending on how my training was going. either way, it was some future event, more like a movie or a book, than something in real life. now i leave tomorrow. so many things will be different, that you never really even think about. i realized Read more…