Day 1 May 27 2017

Day one of the "ride for missions" is now in the books.

It was beautiful riding today.

Sun shone the whole 69.1 miles.

I was totally blessed and humbled at the same time throughout the hours as I pedalled.

I came down Dodson Road to Frenchman Hills Road and over to Potholes State Park and Mardon Resort.

Every single site for RVs campers and tents were completely filled!

I could smell the different breakfast cooking over the fires and grills that everyone had out.

Said a brief-in-passing hello to a guy who was walking for Veterans

I took the long way over O'Sullivan Dam and it was gorgeous!

The ride itself was great and I was able to hand out four cards to people that I met.

I was also able to share with them a bit of the reasoning behind this ride.

One place I stopped for a break was just south of Othello on SR 17.

Plenty of nice shade under the outside sitting area.

Had a nice crisp apple as part of my snack.

I could have sat there for a few hours. 

Maybe I should have!

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While I was sitting there in the wonderfully cool shade, I had a very nice conversation with Michal.

He was following along looking at the map as we talked.

The only hard part of the whole day was two flats.

I patched one, put it back in and started.

Not more, and probably less than a mile down the road, I got another flat.

Different spot on the tire altogether and pulled over again.

I'm glad I had at least one extra spare tube because now I have both of those patched.

To be totally honest, shredded truck tire debris is not my friend!

Those tiny slivers of metal are not always parricularly easy to find!

Well 69.1 miles is not too shabby!

I do know that it was hot!

My legs are going to be quite dark and tanned by the time this ride is complete. 

I am now at the public park in Connell Washington and it is beautiful here.

The bathrooms are fairly clean, they have running water which is actually hot, and nice shade trees.

I remember my last bike ride to Albuquerque in 2015.

I recall that as I got close to the end of my first day I had problems with my rear wheel on the recumbent.

Flat and my pump had gone kaput.

At least this time everything worked. 

The patches held, and even though I was out in the sun I did not feel as worn out.

Maybe I'm getting better at changing things on the side of the road with semi's whizzing by.

I think that will do for now.

Any questions?

If so, ask away.

Ten cents a mile.

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Shalom,

D.