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Its difficult to leave behind hot showers and warm beds–Stephanie and I are both feeling demotivated, and this is further complicated by the notion that we have no idea which direction we’re going out of Macon. And so we really take a long time to pack up and get out of town, which doesn’t happen before we make three stops–Walmart for helmets (ours got left in her brother-in-law’s truck), a bike shop (chain lube!) and Mia’s Health Foods (food!!!) But we finally make it out by way of ALT-US-129 aka Ocmulgee highway and soon Macon is a dot on the horizon.
This road is acceptable but our next destination–Hostel in the Forest (near Brunswick) is three days away and the prospect of doing this for that much time with no(?) points of interest to break the trip into smaller legs seems daunting… Instead we open ourselves up to the possibility of discovering unknown points along the way and–especially for a late start–put quite some distance between us. We commit that tomorrow will be a long-haul day, and that by the 28th we will roll into the hostel.
Now that we are rolling again our states of demotivation evaporate!
For now, more camping. Tonight we are in Cochran, GA and have rolled into a public park where we prepare dinner at a picnic table. There are lots of interesting mushrooms growing here and I capture them with my camera. I notice that my right knee is “talking” to me a bit. The feeling is that it needs to pop, and I choose a path that includes my knee working comfortably for the rest of the tour.
I love when life surprises me and I find myself completely outside of any plans I may have made–as a reminder that flexibility is better than any itinerary. And while the Universe spins its perfect circle, we skip camping in favor of a night in a motel room and I watch a movie on HBO. Ha!
About 50 miles today…
