DOYLE, CA - After piddling around for part of the morning I finished packing and started loading up the bike. I've got a feeling I'm going to be mailing quite a bit of stuff home. My brother stopped by and took me out to lunch then took my "going away" picture in the front yard, it's pretty cool.
I finally hit the road around 13:00. There's really only one way to go north out of Reno, so I found it a little weird re-riding the route Brad and I rode last summer. This time I'm alone.
It looked like it was going to rain on me most of the way out of town. Storms bring wind and it was mostly side winds but I didn't notice. I spent most of my time trying to figure out why my speedometer isn't working. Fortunately it was free though.
There is defiantly a rhythm to the road. Being out in the middle of it you pay more attention to nature's cycles, the sun, the moon. Then there's the perpetual state of deja vu. I suppose it's the monotony but you find yourself noticing little things over and over, the buzz of power lines, the smell of roadkill, feeling the salt in your sweat crystallizing on your forehead.
I so glad to be back out on the road, I can't think of anything I'd rather be doing right now.
There were a few points during our trip when I never thought I'd saying this, but I miss having Brad along. We argued like a married couple and drove each other crazy but after that there are few people I know better. I wouldn't mind having him here to spell check my emails either.
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