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Dauphin isle
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NOT waterproof.
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Austin, Halfway!!!
Meers and Dom have made it to Austin TX. We are now halfway from San Diego to Florida. Our last two weeks were a blur of mountains, deserts, and flat tires. We left Silver City and rode two weeks straight, only stopping once to get endless headshots, playing Call of Duty til 2 AM on Wes Morgans 70 inch flat screen tv, in Del Rio Tx. Other highlights include sleeping in ditches, having texans shoot guns all around our campsite, all you can eat mexican food, and saddle sores. However, we are now in Austin, the democratic party capital of right now. We spent the last 3 days hanging out at University of Texas, buying more gear at REI, partying in clubs, and riding our bikes w/out the stress of camping and having to make a quota of 80 miles of daily riding. But this stop is too brief, as we are off again tomorrow into the wild blue yonder, and with no internet or friends in sight it may be a long time before our next update. we shall see. Whatever happens we will ridehard.
dom.
ps. i went to the texas causcus, whatever that is.
3/4/08
PostCard...
Today, to help w/our fundraising efforts for the National Brain Tumor Foundation we have had 200 sweet postcards printed up. Designed by the Heather Machine, these postcards are hollow-graphic and come with a solid Gold veneer, they can harness the power of the sun, and some are even capable of reversing the effects of certain Rattle snake Venoms.
Many, if not all of these features may, or may not be true. But they look good, and that's what's important, looking good. I mean just look at us, those legs don't just happen, they're earned.
Best Camp Ever.
Last night we rode well past sunset, climbed a rollercoaster monster set of hills in famous Texas Hill Country and then passed out in a ditch. We woke up to the nicest ditch camp yet, except for biting fire ants who gave Dom a lasting poisonous kiss of doom. Well this is our breakfast, cooking in the middle of the dirt road. How is it that we pick the best camp of the whole trip in darkness w/out even knowing it?
Camping our way across America...
Where o Where do we sleep? let me count the camps, well, "ditches" are when we let the sun decide.
Step 1. ride your bike
Step 2. Let the sun go down
Step 3. Turn right, set up camp
Step 4. Welcome to ditch camp.
We have also used couchsurfing.com to stay w/ complete strangers, slept in RV parks, a monastery, a walmart parking lot (a new low, even for us), campgrounds, railroad hobo jungles, and anywhere we can find a dry, level patch. Oh, and to date we have stayed in 2 seedy motels, w/beautiful sweet cable tv.
Climbing Mountains....
Climbing Emory Pass, one day after New Mexico Blizzard. We were warned against a mountain crossing in winter, but our stubborn young hearts pushed us up and onward, over mountains of rock, ice, and metaphorical injustice.
New Mexico...
Stuck in New Mexico. Snow, hot chocolate, and underhanded insults were just a few of the many pleasures of Silver City.
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