Day 13,
Today I am staying in
That’s where I was heading now. I asked
someone where the local library was, and when I rode to it, the library turned
out to be closed. From 8 to 10 I had to wait and find something to do.
I rode around and stopped at the
grocery store, to see if there were any good deals on food.
They did have a special on canned
mandarins – something like 4 cans for a dollar.
I bought one but didn’t like the taste
very much. I guess they were dried up and were suppose to be used as a desert
for something else.
I looked around some the town some more
and returned to the library, where it turned out that they charged to use the Internet.
Of course I didn’t want to pay for it and decided to go to local college, try
to find computers in college library.
This took me a while, as the campus was
on the completely opposite side of town and I had to first ride north and the
west, climbing a little but nasty hill that was going to campus.
Along the way, I saw another grocery
store that is known for its very low prices – Save A Lot.
There I got some delicious yogurts,
which were getting out of date today, but were 6 for a dollar. J
I also bought a 3 pound bag of mixed
nuts with fruits. This is something very energy/weight efficient and I might
use it in the desert ahead. I also bought a couple of pound bag of kiss
chocolate candies, each wrapped in foil paper. Along with few fruits, it made a
wonderful snack.
When I got to college, it was quite
there and I didn’t see any students. They must have had a summer brake or
something.
Before going to the library, I walked
into a new built building, which was supposed to include gym inside. The college
is actually very tiny and they didn’t have separate coliseum or fitness center.
Well, after looking around the
building, I finally found a BEAUTIFUL locker room in the basement, which
already finished showers with running water. I took the best shower in two
weeks and made sure I left nothing before leaving.
Then I spent about 6 hours in the
library until it closed at 5. Sitting in the air conditioned building, writing
and answering e-mails, looking at upcoming roads and pictures, seemed like a
real paradise to me.
After the library closed, I rode back
to the town. I bought more food for the future and set a while in Mc Donald’s
enjoying an ice-cream cone and writing notes for this journal. The remaining
time of the evening, I stopped at some other stores, rode around looking at
nice historic buildings and returned to the same place.
The night passed uneventfully and in
the morning I was feeling fresh and full of NRG.
Today – 0 miles on odometer, about 15
miles riding around town.
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