June 14, 2024
Day 42 - Charlotte to St. Johns
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Today's ride was good, but it was a mixed bag. From the hotel to Potterville, I was on great country roads. From Potterville to I-96, I was on MI-100 which was a busy 2 lane road with narrow or no shoulder. I never felt threatened, but I also didn't look around much nor did I take any photos as my attention was on the road. Shortly after crossing I-96, I made a turn and was back on quiet country roads and could relax and enjoy the ride once again. Even though I mostly enjoyed the ride, it wasn't particularly scenic - after a while all farm fields begin to look the same, and I think I've reached that point.
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https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126583-Hemerocallis-fulva
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Shortly after going past Potterville, I saw a RR overpass and immediately recognized it. I called Jeanna and told her about it and how we stopped on one of our other trips and watched a train go by, but she didn't remember. The overpass brought back memories of pedaling through downtown Potterville in vivid detail, even though I didn't actually go through the town this year.
Before I started today's journal, I looked through our previous Cycleblaze journals to find the photo of the train. I looked and looked but couldn't find it. All the while I was talking to Jeanna about that previous ride and what we saw and how that we had stayed in the same hotel in St. Johns, etc. She remembered the hotel, but nothing much else and I was truly at a loss and began to think that I was delusional. It turns out that I was partly delusional - I found the photo, but it was in last year's journal when I was riding solo cross-country. Turns out that the train was real, but all my conversations with Jeanna about it were imaginary! The mind surely is strange!!
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https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/lathyrus-latifolius/
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As I previously mentioned, we're staying in the same motel in St. Johns as we did last year. However, the room is much more crowded that we remembered it. A queen bed, no dresser and no desk. As a consequence, we spent the late afternoon / early evening in a Mcdonald's to write the journal and be more comfortable. Still LIFE IS GOOD!
Today's ride: 45 miles (72 km)
Total: 940 miles (1,513 km)
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