Today I rode 70 miles. It was a nice day. The End.
OK, OK, just kidding. But basically, yeah, it was a great day of riding. I rode with Ted - who I rode England and Scotland with - and Sarah, who I met briefly on the Pacific Coast in 2017. North Dakota gets a solid “meets expectations”; the green is appropriately green, the rural is very rural, the barns are red or aluminum, and the cows all stand huddled together. We had to get on the Interstate for about 10 miles but there was a very wide shoulder and it was all good. We had a nice conversation about life, physical therapy school, and riding a bike, and Ted and I swapped some stories from England. Ted told me about some charity rides he arranges which sound awesome, including one from DC to Pittsburgh that I really should do sometime. We’re in one of those classic middle America towns I like, with a diner, a coffee shop, a pool with outdoor showers, and a community center, where I currently sit and type this on a Walmart plastic folding table and folding chair using their free community Wi-Fi.
All in all: a good day.
