Day # 14... A Terrible Day: Filing a Lawsuit against the God of Wind in Comstock, TX

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Wednesday April 9, 2008, 90 miles (145 km) - Total so far: 1,328 miles (2,136 km)

Tonight I filed a lawsuit against the God of Wind for violating the Don't Ruin Joe's Day on a Bike ordinance of 2003. (See section 1256.7A-L, it clearly states no rediculous forces of nature shall impede Joe's progress without being held accountable).
I am not going to write much tonight because I still need to mop up my tears and wash out my mouth from all the screaming and cussing I did, but here's a summary of what happened today.
Headwind. All day. Not a single second did it stop. Sustained winds were 20-30 and gusts were as high as 40mph. In my face. All day. I hated it and wanted to cry. Imagine this.. It was blowing so strong, that it was MORE work to pedal downhill into the wind than uphill. I had to pedal hard on the downhill just so I could go 10-12mph, if I didn't, the bike would slowly stop. I was actually being blown uphill!
I was planning on doing 120 miles today into Del Rio, but after 11 hours on the bike, averaging less than 8mph, I was only at the 90 mile mark and it was getting dark, windier, and there were some big storms looming nearby. I was pulling into a town and hoped someone could help me find somewhere to stay... Anywhere was fine. I went to the only store in town, and Willa saved me. She must have known I was coming. She asked how I was dealing with the wind, I told her I couldn't go any further.. She asked if I had camping gear, and when I said no she picks up the phone and starts dialing Allen up the road... Who owns an RV campground and sometimes has a trailer to rent. And by golly (dude, this is Texas, I can say these things) he did! Not only was it cheap, but Willa helped me pick out groceries to cook dinner and then drove me and my bike the couple miles back to the trailer! Yes!
I got settled in and then met Zig, another southern tier rider who's camping a lot of the way. We hung out for a bit, swapped stories about roads, towns, and people, talked about bikes and then he went back to his tent to sleep. I'm going to eat and sleep now myself. Sorry there isn't more.

Here's a link to Zig's journal...
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/Zig

Also, just pulled this off the NWS website.. Apparently we're under a tornado watch now (I'm in a trailer! Help!).. More importanly, there was a wind advisory today. (Duh) here's what it said:
"A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE BICYCLING CROSS COUNTRY DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE BICYCLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION."
It's great that the National Weather Service looks after us.