Another Day in Newton
The weather was forecast to turn bad during the day today (Saturday) with possible “severe” thunderstorms, so it was another day off the bike. I was up at 6:30 and was still considering heading out at 8:00 but decided against it (after thinking about the ride in Wyoming weeks ago and trying to outrun crazy storms with virtually no shelter along the way). Today seemed like it could be similar. It ended up being the safe choice as heavy storms did come through along with some lightning which is still going on now.
I’m still at the bike shop in Newton where three other people arrived last night. Marcus and Kirsty are from England and are finishing up a mega two year around the world trip on their tandem bike, and Charlie, who started out from his home in Sacramento. It was good to finally see some other cyclists and talk about what’s been going on.
It looks like things will improve by the morning and I’ll be on the road again.