No me gusta rain

I am currently in swan quarter, nc and have absolutely no service so
this post is going to go out whenever I get service, which could quite
possibly be a while, but I figured I'd write it while it's fresh on my
mind. First off mom, if your reading this I am alive. I made it 68
miles today, and I am not in too much pain. The wheel dipping ceremony
was really nice. Thanks to my dad and aunt for coming out and showing
support. It was a really nice day to start off. I found a group with a
real steady pace, kind of in the middle of the group and held about a
12-15mph pace basically the whole way.

With about 15 miles left to go it started to down pour. I think I
biked my fastest the last 15 because I was convinced that I might be
able to out bike the storm...lies. It's still here and pouring. There
wasn't much to see on the road today. It was pretty much flat straight
road. The only challenge was the head wind and the rain, nothing us
bike and builders can't handle (found this out today).

We finally arrived in this real rural town of swan quarter and soon
after headed out to take showers at two local houses. They were so
nice letting us into their houses. I actually got to talk to the
people in both houses which was really cool. I then came back to the
church and was fed some awesome food. Some true southern hospitality
here. I talked to some pretty cool locals, one man had to be about 70,
and he told me a story about how him and his wife took the motor cycle
out to nags head and saw a bear. That's when I came to the conclusion
that if a 70 year old man can still rock the motor cycle than I should
be able to ride cross country, right? We'll see.

So it's now about 8:51 and I am exhausted (5:30 wake up) so I will
probs be going to bed very soon.