Beautiful, sunny ride today with hills and flat. It was one of the best rides ever. And I didn’t miss a turn today either. No wind, no rain, and only started to get hot the last 20 minutes. Yeah!

I am staying with an Odyssey friend, Randall, and his wife, Ruth, and catching up on the last 23 years. I haven’t seen him since we left Odyssey. Boy, do we have stories to tell. We haven’t stopped talking for three hours. He and Ruth cruised about a third of the way around the world and spent eight years on a 51 ft trawler made out of steel. His adventures were equal or better than Odyssey. Totally different but life changing. However, he has pretty much given up his bike. We agreed that Odyssey was the best year of our lives.

I plan to spend Sat and Sun with them. I have time to kill since I don’t meet my brother til the 29th.