Wednesday April 23, 2008, 120 miles (193 km) - Total so far: 2,872 miles (4,622 km)
Today I rode 120 miles. When I got done I had this weird feeling that I didn't accomplish enough. The past few days I've said were really easy. Today, well, I don't feel like I even rode my bike.. I think when I get home I'm going to need to climb 8000ft peaks in a day or go on 120+ mile bike rides to feel a sense of achievement again. It's like someone who does a lot of drugs, eventually they become desensitized to the drug and need more to get their fix. I am starting to feel like 120 miles on flat ground is too easy and unnoticeable. Tomorrow I am lined up to do around 90 miles, which is nothing compared to what I've been doing. Maybe I'll try sprinting the whole day, or staying in only one gear... Some sort of challenge. I'll be in St. Augustine by afternoon assuming nothing happens and then that's it. Done. No more road to ride going east. Only water. Maybe I could get a sea kayak and paddle to Africa. Today I started off with a crosswind, which turned to a great tailwind, which turned to a terrible headwind. Mostly it was a tailwind which was nice. Coming into Gainesville was great. All on bike lanes and through beautiful forests draped in Spanish Moss. Saw quite a few local bicyclists too. The funniest part of the day went like this.. At about mile 113 for the day, when I was making my way to the motel, some dumb-butt college guy starts hollering and heckling me as they pass out the passenger window. A lack of planning on their part landed them at a red light with plenty of time for me to catch up and confront them. I stopped right next to their car and here's how the dialogue went:Me: what's that? I couldn't understand you. Were you shouting something at me?Dufus: hey man, we weren't trying to mess with you or anything.Me: really? Why are you yelling then?Dufus: uhh...As I slowly reach down for my water bottle, almost dramatically...Me: Do you know what I like to do to people who yell at me while I'm riding? Dufus: uhh.. You like to squirt them with your water bottle? Me: yeah! But you know what I'm going to do today? ...unscrewing the lid and reaching for him... "I'm going to pour it in your lap." He has this look on his face like, "WTF!?" And the light goes green and his buddy quickly accelerates away. Hahahahahahahaha. I should have at least squirted him. I wasn't in the boonies where people might shoot me. These were two college punks who would be angry but probably laugh about it later.The other highlight of the evening was more Jimmy Johns. Yes! And I had it delivered so I didn't even have to leave.
Well, tomorrow is it. No more journal to type up and no bicycling for all ya'll to read about. Don't forget to look at the "normal" blog though, where you'll always be able to see the latest weddings and climbing/skiing/rafting/hiking adventures from Alaska.
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I plan on doing some video tomorrow to document the final day, and will put up another youtube link within a day or two.
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