We’ve officially logged over a week’s work of pedaling and camping 😊 is it still fun? Yes! Is it still challenging? Yes, but I think less so! Are we still finding new things each day? Yes!
Today we met a fellow traveller who has been at it many years longer than us. 20 years to be exact! Chris has been carrying his life on his back for most of those years, but a little time was also spent on a bike and in a van.
He doesn’t work and finds enough money on the side of the road or as gifts from people who meet him. He’s not lonely, but has spent up to 6 months not saying a word to another human being. It had me thinking for a while after about what life would be like living so simply.
“People who work 9-5s say they can’t wrap their head around what I’m doing, but to me this is what it’s like to be alive. Knowing what you’re going to do day in and day out is not really living.”
Chris (as remembered by Morgan)
We had another on the road repair, this time on Ryan’s front wheel which had been a little loose since leaving Enterprise. After some careful surgery on the bearings, we discovered the doctor had installed 11 balls on one side and 9 on the other! The bike healed at a record speed and is good as new. 👍🏼
The sunset tonight at 4:21 and we found ourselves on a very quiet road. We selected our camp tonight in some quiet woods behind a small cemetery. Very cozy and SPOOOOKYYY 👻
Route info for interested readers:
We left Luverne on the 10 and haven’t left it since 😊 it’s a quiet road without much of a shoulder and beautiful rolling hills. Very nice. We stopped just outside of Awin to rest behind a small cemetery.
There and Back Again 