no me gusta viento

As you may have translated, it has been quite windy the past couple days during my rides. But, hold on... yes, I have actually gone for a bike ride two days in a row! Yesterday I rode down 441 past Lake Wauberg and on the way back was absolutely miserable. It is so frustrating to push so hard, and be so tired, and barely be going 12mph. But I know I'll be facing much worse this summer so I guess it was good to have a small taste of it. And I did have an important first:

I once read a true story that said it is possible for both men and women to take a whiz while riding a bike. That's right, WHILE riding a bike. This definitely piqued my curiosity. Right after I had turned around to head back home I started to feel the urge and this story flashed through my head. Ok, no, I didn't actually attempt it. ;-) But I did spend some time thinking about it while scanning the side of the road for a nice spot of coverage. At last! A bunch of trees with enough of an opening for me to crawl in and hide myself. The rest really isn't that interesting as I've done a good deal of camping and backpacking and have had quite a bit of experience with the whole "peeing in the woods" thing. But it was the first time I had to pull my bike over to complete the task and I felt like sharing.

Also, today I bought a new cycling computer that measures cadence. I'm super excited. And I got my bike fitted for me as my handlebars needed a little bit of adjusting. And Thomy (this is my shout-out to the guys at Chain Reaction, many of them have been extremely helpful) said they would help me box up and ship my bike to North Carolina and it shouldn't cost too too much. One less thing to worry about. Hooray!

Funds raised: $2465
Funds left to raise: $1535
Days til departure: 36