My odometer still reads 9,950 miles. I have really enjoyed the break from it, especially as those last few days weren’t the most enjoyable. In the meantime I have been hanging out with Katie and Khale and Cass and Luke. We have had lots of adventures with bobcats and owls and long walks and walks of death and climbing and sandwiches. And relaxing evenings with cats and beer and a fire. And comfortable nights, with Luke and I given our own cottage to stay in. And excellent breakfasts with coffee and oatmeal and sometimes bacon and eggs. I love all these people and have had an incredible time staying with them again (their move down here coincided with my ride). I am leaving here this morning, leaving them for the last time, for a while at least, and that is really sad.
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But of course there is other fun ahead. I am meeting another extremely cool person, Simon, in Las Vegas in 9 days. Vegas is 700 miles away over some very big mountains and very hot deserts. So this one is a short blog but there are lots of photos and I promise to tell you in detail about my ride to Vegas next time. Now it is time to get going, the ride is long and I just accidentally deleted all my music.