June 18, 2025
6:30 AM
I am awake, the day starts. I begin thinking about yesterday and the last time I felt dizzy. Yes, I didn’t drink enough! I am not sixty anymore, my food and drink situation is not the same. I can not ride one hundred miles without food or water. The heart bothers more. I am not seventy anymore, I can’t stuff myself full of food and stay in riding hard. I can no longer eat a whole pizza and jump back on the bike and push hard. What I think happened yesterday is I ate a lot of heavy food and rode hard to beat the rain. I can no longer do this. I can’t digest and ride hard. Along with not drinking enough my body couldn’t digest the food so my brain could not get energy. Getting older is a whole new learning curve.
8:41 AM
After packing I ride out of the park. I’m on my way to my next sleep spot. I stop in the center of town at the Brick Road Bistro for breakfast and visit with people that pass by my sidewalk table.
Just as I get back on my route the sky opens wide and drenched me with rain.
11:35 AM
I just crossed into Indiana on a small back road. There’s no sign for the state line but I am in Indiana now.
12:15 PM
I arrive at my Warmshowers house, it is a nice old house with many rooms that are filled with charm. Kurt, an acupuncturist, is in his office. His wife comes out to greet me as I sit comfortably in the porch rocker. She showes me to my room and gives a tour of the house. I bring in my panniers and clean my chain. Now it’s time for a shower and washing my clothes.
I had a bite to eat and now I’m settled into the living room. The rest of the day is my recovery day.