- It could be interesting today. The skies threaten to unleash a deluge. #adventure #
- Coffee break in Holdenville OK. Tell me there's not a whole town of 'em! #
- First clue I'm truly in The South: dry county. Glad I had a couple beers in my luggage from the other night. :-) #
- I'm getting more comfortable with long riding days. Two days ago, 430 miles; today, 360. Even at that rate, still three days to Raleigh. #
- Well, the weather was great today, but it looks like I'm going to be dodging thunderstorms for the next several days. Should be interesting. #
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2 responses to “Twitter Updates for 2011-05-12”
Although I think it is a good decision to get rid of the twitter updates on the blog, it is interesting to see how interested you are in the weather. We felt the same at the beginning of the trip… always concerned about what it was going to do and how we would react to it. After a few months, however, I think I started to just accept that the weather will do what it does and that we are prepared for it. It became a lot less stressful when I stopped constantly thinking about it.
I probably replaced the weather thoughts with bike maintenance thoughts as I got to know my bike more and as it started to wear out. I never knew a human being could think about bike noises for 5 hours a day.
Marshall
Marshall, I do think about the weather a fair bit, but also realize it’s going to do what it does and I just have to deal with it – whether that means riding through some inclement or hunkering down. The weather will do what it likes, and I’ll respond accordingly. I’m sure I picked up some of this attitude from ten years of Burning Man. Lots of my weather thinking across the West was due to relative lack of experience riding in strong wind more than anything. I figured out a few tricks along the way for dealing with it, as I’m sure anyone doing long-distance travel does.