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| If I look cold, I was! There was snow on the ground in places! |
Two reasons:
Today I crossed the Continental Divide for the seventh and final time; it was also the highest altitude I will reach on my trip (11,542 ft);
The other is my trip of 90 days included my days cycling to get to Neah Bay from ShelterBox in Cornwall, so I may not quite be half way through my time in the USA, but I am halfway through my adventure.
I have mixed emotions about reaching halfway; part of me can't wait to finish, but a much bigger part of me doesn't want this trip to end.
The things I am looking forward to most when I finish are the simple things, in particular packing. Every morning I have to pack up everything I own into 5 small bags and even in a rush it takes 20-30 minutes, probably the thing I dislike most about my journey.
However, this trip is everything I hoped it would be and more. Yes, the cycling has been tough in places, I have been cold, wet and miserable at times on this trip but the scenary and experiences I have had have more than made up for that!
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Colorado has been a fantastic state to cycle through, plenty of hills and scenery to keep a cyclist happy. The autumn colours appearing in the trees were a constant reminder that bad weather is on it's way. It looks like (touch wood) I will have made it out of the Rockies just in time as I only have two days of downhill cycling before I am back to 'normal' altitudes.
Next up Kansas. I have been told to expect flat plains with copious tail winds. I'm not banking on that though!
Glad you didn't include any of us in the "simple things" you are missing!!
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