Biking Across the U.S (hopefully)
La Velle - West Salem 67
I've gotten pretty tired of traveling on these bike paths. I get it, it's nice not having cars whizz by - but they're super slow and filled with bugs. Everywhere, bugs. If I stop for two seconds I get engulfed by gnats and misquotes, so much so that each morning when I rub the sleep out of my eyes there's at least one gnat crusted in there (sorry it's gross, but that's my life right now). The sweet thing about going through the trails were three old railroad tunnels, the longest being almost a mile long. Water rains down from springs running overtop the tunnel, it's 50 degrees, and all the rocks were smoothed and slick from the constant condensation. Although I'm not afraid of the dark... I definitely whipped out my flashlight at one point. Although the bugs suck in Wisco, the people are awesome. I've never been around such a large amount of genuinely nice human beings. It's a whole state filled with Canadians. Met and chatted with a great family up in Sparta before hitting the trail, then met a couple in West Salem before calling it a night. The couple were big bikers (with an engine), on completely different ends of the political and social spectrum than me, and at one point showed me a map of which states you can carry a firearm... and were some of the best company I've had this whole trip. South Carolina doesn't allow concealed firearms which surprised me. Thankfully I was on a trail for the 4th (even though I'm tired of trails), so it got me away from drivers out having a good time, and since it was on a Tuesday everyone pulled out of campsites early for work work the next day.
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Kevin O'Connor
7/6/2017 04:08:48 pm
You are killing it Alex. I can totally feel your bugs and wind pain, while also hear how heartening it is to rediscover that the vast majority of people are just kind and good folks when you go eyeball to eyeball with them. Nice.
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