I missed a day! Sorry to all my fan. ;). Anyway, I missed a day because it’s been really amazing and fun and also, unsurprisingly, overwhelming. I’m sitting in a British pub (of all things) trying to decompress after the last two days. I learned a ton about bikes; that is not surprising. What’s more surprising is that it’s been really nice chatting with all the people here. I went down to a local tool supplier and talked to them about giving the charity a wholesaler account. I talked to a veteran from Puerto Rico who arranges a bike trip to visit all the 9/11 memorials on 9/11 (they go the 600 miles from the Pentagon to New York City). I chatted with a guy who lives near Bend. I talked a lot to one of the staff members named Rich who took a promising career in Engineering and a Masters degree and ran off to join the circus, ending up in Oregon teaching bicycle repair. Super nice guy and clearly happy with his life, really enjoying teaching. He’s the one who hacksawed a part of my bike off.
I am really enjoying it up here. I need to do more things like this for myself. I’m tired, but it’s a good tired.
