After the last few day’s heat, I decided to get out of camp early today even though we had a short day. And I decided to ride slower by myself and not try to always keep up with the guys. I had a very pleasant ride, didn’t get lost, and didn’t overheat from pushing too hard. I just have to listen to my body because I was more tired than I should have been. It was another hot, sunny day but the riding was great.
We are staying at a KOA in Granite City for two nights. Out in the middle of nowhere but so far seems to be quieter than anywhere else we’ve been. We have 2-5 people in a cabin so we aren’t tenting the next two nites. And, we have air conditioning. Oh, my gosh, what a luxury.
Last nite at midnite some obnoxious young woman ( prob teenager) came through the campground on a four wheeler yelling and carrying on twice and the second time even honked her horn a couple times. I was ready to jump out of my tent if she had come again and I was going to threaten to call the police. No excuse for that behavior in a campground. Consequently, sleep alluded me again. Good thing I don’t need a lot cause I’m not getting it.
Our scheduled breakfast time is 7am but everyone keeps getting up earlier and earlier due to the heat and this morning, when Jared announced that breakfast was now being served, everyone had already eaten and most were done. We just laughed as he did, too. The people who cook at nite are responsible for putting out breakfast and lunch goodies. I guess we are all over achievers.
Everyone got into camp before noon so we have had a leisure afternoon just coming down from 6 days of riding. I did 362 miles this week. That’s more than my usual but I feel good to have done it.
We all went out to dinner at a barbecue place and ate more than we should have. Restaurants always give us more than we can eat. I tried but I could not eat all of it.
38.3 miles today . 4177.3 .Total
BikerAl Across America 2018 