Took my time getting out of the motel this morning, as usual, and hit the road. The weather was great which I was relieved at. The goal today was only 35 miles or so. Still, the route has been getting hillier than usual and a short day was appreciated. A few miles in a black cat crossed my path and hid in the field. I stopped to get a picture and he ran back across the road, therefore canceling out his own curse, right? I stopped at a gas station later on and ran into a group of three guys from Ann Arbor, riding from Savannah up to Maine.
They are doing all stealth camping (without tents!), so much more intense than I, and were caught in the same storm in Fredericksburg. I rode to the Prince William forest park where I had to walk the bike for ¾ of a mile through a hardcore muddy fire road.
The park was really nice and I was pretty much the only one there. The predicted storms never developed overnight and I was glad to have a break from dealing with the wetness.
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Hello,
This is steffen (one of the three guys you met from Ann Arbor: the one in the middle of the pic)
It is fun to see our photo on here! you make us sound so intense:) that seems to be the only compensation for getting rained on and eaten alive by bugs.
Anyway, we ended up finding our lost companion in D.C. and then finished the trip on sat. june 28. We had a great time.
I hope you got to relax a bit in D.C. and i look forward to reading this blog in the future!
P.S.
when you go to Ann Arbor to visit your girl freind feel free to give me a email if you need ANYTHING. a ride, shower, hot meal, whatever it may be.