Seeing America

One of the joys during the Seattle to Toledo ride  was not staring at a screen.  I did have a laptop and tried to keep email under control.  Other than a few blog posts, I didn’t really touch electronics.  This includes my phone.  Both Ida and Jon will confirm that I stood around waiting for someone to point the direction to go. Being solo, and only having a phone, will knock me out of my comfort zone.  I always have a laptop nearby.  The Toledo to Atlantic Ocean journey will be the longest time since before college that I didn’t have a computer at hand. The real purpose of this blog post is for me to test out the folding Bluetooth keyboard I got for the trip.  This text was entered via phone/folding keyboard.  It is much more usable than I expected.  When folded, the keyboard is also bigger in every dimension than my phone.  I know storage will be tight. Will find out if the keyboard can deal with a bit of dampness and road grime.   

Intermission     The best laid plans go awry. It is how we adapt, more than how we plan, that leads to success. The plan was to visit Alaska summer 2020 and See America summer 2021. The Alaska trip was delayed a year putting it smack dab in the middle of the cross county cycling trip. Adapt we must.   July 3rd we crossed from Michigan into Ohio. This was as good a turn around spot as any. Jon and Lisa are continuing on. Seattle to the Ohio border was 2280 miles biked and 317 miles in the wormhole. Karry and I have already started the drive back to Boise. Before heading home, I rented a small storage unit next to the Toledo airport and stored my bike and self support items, such as sleeping bag, cot, and panniers. My goal is to fly to Toledo after Firkin Frolic and continue the adventure. An online mapping tool says I have 857 miles to Boston from Toledo, plus making up 317 miles. That should take around 24 days.   Our trip to Ohio had zero days above 90 degrees and only 3 d