never mind. Every so often the computer I'm using doesn't like my camera, and this is one of those times. oh well.
To fill the gaping whole left by these absent self centered pictures, I'll just keep talking.
When I was in Brush, I made a shopping stop at "Grocery Kart' to buy dinner and breakfast. They had a picnic table right out in front of the store, so I decided to eat dinner right there ( I couldn't fit all I had purchased on the bike anyway). I met/talked to a couple of people as I sat there stuffing myself. One was a pretty normal guy, who asked about the trip and said he biked too but had trouble with 'the hills.' He ended up informing me of the free campgrounds in Brush and Fort Morgan. Nice guy. The second person I met was a little less ho hum. She was an old women, and she got out of her car, where she said she had been 'watching me all this time' and walked over to me. She said (I'll paraphrase); it looks like you're on a trip, and it looks like you're well prepared and well organized, and I think it's wonderful what you're doing, and it looks like you know what you're doing and that you got a good rig/bike setup. "I don't preach religion," she said, "but I hope God keeps you in his good thoughts wherever you are going and wherever you've come from" etc. II barely had time to say 'thank you so much!' before she turned and walked back to her car. She never asked anything about the trip, and I never got her name. I'm not a religious person, but when people are genuine and kind when they say things like this, it's really nice.
The next morning as I was finishing packing up, a couple puled up in a small RV/sort of shuttle bus thing(one of the first reasonable sized Campers that I've seen so far). They asked about the trip and we talked for a while. They are from Minnesota!!! It was so great to talk to Minnesotans! Their names were Joyce and Don, and they drive down to Mesa, Arizona for the winter and try to make a road trip out of it every year so that they see more that the interstate! They are actually going my way: south toward Pueblo and then through the mountains via monarch pass, so I'm hoping that somehow we meet again, although it's unlikely because, well you know, they aren't on bicycles. They were great, and even offered me lunch. As unimaginable as it sounds, I had to turn down lunch, as I was still full from breakfast and needed to get to the Laundromat. I gave them the blog address, so maybe we'll here form them. Anyway, they were nice. Everybody is so nice?!
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Hi Alex , come on over the hill and say hi,it's down hill half the way here ,the west slope is best , to many people over there on the east slope ,HWY 50 is cool too , don't forget moab UT. pedale on and on and on
Hey Leo,
I'm impressed by all the generous, nice people you meet and talk about on here. I remember a point on our duluth trip (I think you had left already) when we were too scared to camp anywhere other than a campground because we thought we would get murdered by hillbillies. I'm glad you're so trusting of people, just like we weren't.
-Henry
Your life is magical.
hi Alex : I am at your house and Anker has just got me onto google and your blog. Some time soon I will "blog " you, but for now just know you are in my sights!
hay, Alex, you wanted the gado-gado recipe so this is it:
-onion
-garlic
-1 cup peanut butter
-1 tbs honey
-1/4 tsp cayenne peper
-lemon
-1-2 tsp ginger
-1 bay leaf
-1 tsp vinager
-3 cups water
-1/2-1 tsp salt
-'dash' of tamari
saute tha garlic and onions
this is just the recipe from moosewood so, its not the simplified menogyn one.
i just got your letter while i was typing this, thank you vary much.
its worm in the cities right now, but its the afternoon. this morning was a little brisk. but it still worm enough not to start loosing fingers and chunks of my ears; and, if i remember right, you had frost bite at some point. but where not there yet.
Ride on! may the force be with you( to flatten hills and move the convenient stores closer).
While I'm here reading and thinking about the real world, you're out living in it. I'm jealous, for sure, and I hope your adventure continues to be as exciting as it has been so far.
Cheers,
Mark
Man, im so jealous of you too haha. You sound like you're having a grand 'ol adventure... How long were planning to spend on this trip again?
Thanks anker
Thanks Mark, but I have to say that I've come to believe that we are both in the real world, we're just in different parts of it.
alfie- The trip, as of now, has no end planned. I have a full year off, and plenty of that year remains unspoken for. I will e back in the cities for an uncertain period period of time starting a few days before christmas.
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