Or so we used to sing in the Army. I knew it was a lie then, and I can reconfirm it now. But what does feel good is sitting on a bed, completely dry after a hot shower, with no weight on my feet.
Not much interesting to report from the last few days; it's just been a slog, racking up the miles, mostly along the side of the highway or very close to it. First hot and brutally humid, then rainy but blessedly cooler. A lot of the ground I've been covering has been long stretches of nothing, without resupply (most significantly water).
Met some lovely people from North Carolina...was it yesterday or the day before? riding their bikes along one of the above-mentioned deserted ways. We stopped for a nice chat right there in the middle of nowhere and they shared with me some of their water and snacks.
Also a very nice couple from Switzerland. They looked to be about 20 years apart, probably 50s and 30s, but you know, how you can just tell when a woman is really happily married? Like that newlywed glow. It's good to see. Anyway, I've gotten several opportunities to practice my German in campgrounds and whatnot. I've met Germans, Poles, Swiss, Finns, Czechs, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and probably more that I'm forgetting. Not many good pics either but here's an...
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