Day3o Crawfordsville to Indianapolis, IN, 64 milesI didn't take any pictures from the road today. You've all seen cornfields before. Another reason I didn't take any pictures is because I rode in a pace line with Jim from Texas and Jim from Virginia. A pace line is the same idea as drafting in NASCAR. The guys in back use 20-30% less power than the guy in front. Every mile or whatever distance you agree on, the guy in front goes to the back and and the second in line takes over for a mile and so on. The only problem is you ride so close together that the second and third place guys have to concentrate solely on the guy in front of them. They can't do much looking around. It's a good way to go fast but it's also a good way to crash. I did it for the experience but I'm not sure I'll do it again. I can crash all by myself.
That's Michel in the picture. He's using SKYPE to talk to his wife in Montreal. He can see his wife on the screen and hear her in the headset, but to people passing by in the motel lobby it appears that he's having a conversation in French with his laptop.
Tomorrow we're off to Richmond.
Sounds like great pacing today. Upon reading the other blogs, it sounds as if you missed the rain, that is good. How is the tooth? (no comments about your body and possible symptons related to the antibiotic.) Here is a NEWS FLASH...from North Carolina. Lou soloed today. I asked her when she got up in the air, did it feel free and she could fly anywhere, she said,"I was just thinking about how to get down." Congratulations Lori, you will be an awesome pilot, I know. They did not tear her shirt. Actually, there was not anyone there from her family, I think that is how she wanted it to be done. She comes from good Watson adventure stock. Take care, we think of you daily.
ReplyDeletethanks for explaining the "pace line", now i understand it......i see that as the "ultimate" challenge........kind of like a FREE RIDE!......think i have been there.....i know from where you are coming.......damn, ain't that the truth....nothing like that "good ole" watson adventure stock.........man, that is the best....i guess that is why they call it "SOLO'!...but i just didn't think it was for the entire "married" life.......congrats to LOU.....(solo), get it?
ReplyDelete"solo" in english means alone.......in spanish it is SOLOMENTE...it means "ONLY".....i like the spanish one better
ReplyDeletebetter try to keep your ass arid!...(for a change)!
solomente!
Good thing no one has diarrhea in the pace line!
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