Stupid Hurts

I have been putting off adding an entry to my [tag]website[/tag] lately because aside from recovering from my recent trip, life has been blissfully dull lately. I have been spending my idle time trying to plan my next adventure, but I am really starting to wonder if there is a point to a life where all I do is roam from one thrill to the next. I have had a few pleasant offers to settle down, but I don’t realistically see myself taking any of them. I think I thrive on the excitement.

Someone did manage to trick me into speaking to my [tag]mom[/tag] for the third time since she kicked me out last [tag]New Year’s[/tag]. That was interesting but I don’t feel like any real good came from it. I also managed to get tapped to help host a [tag]New[/tag] Year’s party for the first time ever in my life. I originally planned on spending the night with the same guys I spent it with last year, just because I have never managed to spend New Year’s in the same place twice in a row. Plus this is the first year in a very long time without some sort of personal disaster happening during the holidays. I guess this is to make up for the chaos of last year. Of course it is a little early to be certain, but it does seem like this year will end on a uncommonly high note.

I recently came into a [tag]Ipod[/tag] even though I said I never ever would own one. But someone gave me their old 20 gig unit since they replaced it with a newer model. Now I just need a firewire cable, then that will mean no more low capacity cell phone [tag]mp3[/tag] player.

I also added a few of my older pics to the Stupid Hurts Gallery

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Hernando-Archer.

The morning started off brutally cold. Which is odd because the previous night was bordering on hot. Sometime in the middle of the night the temperature had dropped down to the mid 40’s and the high was not expected to be any high than 50. Well no point sitting in my tent all day freezing.

The next town I made it to I decided to try to find the library so I could check in. I should have expected to be let down after it took asking eight different people to find someone who knew where the library was. After a bit of hunting I eventually made it to the library.

Leaving there and returning to the bike trail I had spent most of the morning on I came across one of the most impressive people I have met in a bit. When I caught up to jerry he had been out riding for four days on a huge loop up to the Georgia-Florida State line. He was really encouraging to speak with. Before leaving he gave me lots of advice including a few roads to think about while I was out. The words he said that will stick with me are, “It doesn’t matter when you get there, five minutes isn’t going to make a difference, just get out there have fun and eventually get where you are going.
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I got kinda discouraged fairly early on in the day because i had been battling a 9 mph headwind since I started. I wasn’t able to get above 10 miles an hour for most of the morning. There was a spot on my route where Jerry told me I was going to get lost. Needless to say when the road I was on turned to dirt, I couldn’t help but think to myself. ”Man Jerry is good.“
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Unfortunately a full day of battling headwinds took its toll on me, everything hurt at the end of the day.

Dinner was the definite high note of the day. While passing through Archer I started to make note of food places. Nixing the ones I didn’t like. When I found a gas station I stopped and asked the clerk what my options where for food in town. She listed 3 places, 2 of which I had passed already. Since the only place left was right across the street it won by default. I got close enough to read the sign. It was a Mexican restaurant named ”A Mexican Restaurant“ proof it pays to keep things simple

The day by the numbers
Miles: 63
Average Speed: 11.8 mph
Top Speed:21.8
Total:164.7