"Tougher 'an a butcher's dog." A highlight of any day is passing a fellow biker doing our route in reverse. We passed our first today, a 62 year old Georgian (think Atlanta) named Bill. His excitement for the trip hadn't dwindled by day 42; he seemed envious that our journey had only just begun. Upon seeing Austin's Ireland biking jersey, he shared a story, from which the quote comes, about how an Irish stranger described his efforts. We'd like to take credit for being so tough, but we think it had something to do with his age.
We confirmed our diagnoses of gephyrophobia when we went over Deception Pass. Although we walked our bikes across because the walkway was too narrow, we still had to stare at one spot on the ground to reach the other side. The ironic part is that there were dozens of people who had come to the bridge just to walk across. I guess if we had looked up the views would have been spectacular.
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Sounds pretty tough thus far. If at any point you just want to come to DC to play rock band AND guitar hero world tour (and I guess study for the bar), I commend to you life in the District of Columbia.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I got your texts a little late but the Indigo Girls will be out in Cali while you two are passing through so check their dates!
Horray for those 60 year old tough dogs.
ReplyDeletewhat is this deception Pass? Are we talking hold on to the rock face and don't look down narrow; the Dogon escarpment, "I can't do this" kind?
Austin are you still in that Irish jersey since the new Jersey bike ride? Steph, I'd sleep utside the tent tonight if I were you.