Well, THAT was different! And refreshing! A cool enough morning as to
require an extra layer of clothing; heavy cloud cover, including a
very light mist early on; and a to-die-for (for us east-to-westers)
wind pretty much out of the east at about 15-20mph. (The photos are of
the spectacular sunset the night before, taken from our motel in Eads.
You could just tell that some new weather was moving in.) On a road
with very little traffic, to boot. I got to our lodgings -- the Hotel
Ordway, a really charming old place -- at about 11am, and that was
after stopping for a leisurely breakfast (breakfast #2) at a local
cafe. Like Mike said, it felt like cheating.
Had a nice chat with some local folks (a family group of some sort) at
the cafe, who said they'd passed me on the road coming into town. I
asked if they'd given me a wide berth, and the patriarch said,
"Absolutely." When I thanked him for that he said that I already had,
with a hand-wave as they passed. Good. Whenever anybody coming up from
behind slows and waits a little bit for a safe time to pass I always
try to give a wave and even mouth the words "thank you" as they go by.
Occasionally I get a wave in return, but not very often, so I'm rarely
sure that the message is received. Nice to know that these folks got
it. And appreciated its meaning.
For tonight I believe that the plan is to pile in the van and drive
5-6 miles back up the road to Sugar City, which hosts a fireworks
display. I dunno how many of the group will make the trip; it'll get
us home waaay past bedtime.
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