Just talked to Berck for about 45 minutes. He had much better cell reception tonight compared to last night. He’s at the Pomme de Terre State Park in Missouri at a nice campground by the lake, lot more bugs than last night. This morning the coyotes awoke the geese, and the geese woke up Berck and kept him awake, so he finally got up as soon as the sun came up. He had a surprisingly good lunch at the Copper Kettle in Eureka, Kansas. He had a constant, brutal southeast headwind all day yesterday and today. The wind pushes against…
Just talked to Berck. He’s spending the night at Cedar Bluffs State Park, where camping is $12 a night. He said he spent an hour trying to find a campground. His phone isn’t tracking very well, so it’s really only been showing when he stops to get gas. Most of the time it just says, “Kansas.” He’s been fighting the prairie wind. He didn’t pass anyone today and was passed by multiple semi trucks. About a thousand miles more to go.
Okay, here’s my route, for now. Who knows how well I’ll be able to stick to it. I’m hoping that Google link keeps working…
I spent all of today and yesterday wrenching on Yoshiko. She now has new tires, a new chain, new spark plugs. Her timing, points, cam chain, valve tappets and brakes are freshly adjusted. She’s got new stock-sized jets so she can handle all that high-pressure sea-level air. I loaded her up this evening to see how packing would work, especially since I never found a luggage rack that worked: I feel a bit like I’ve been run over by a truck since I’ve been crawling around on the concrete. But it feels good, and I’m confident that I’ve done everything…
This one pushed me to the edge. I was worried I wouldn’t get through it. I may not have gotten through it with my 4.0 GPA intact. I just took my final final. Two of my grades have posted thus far: I have an A in Assembly Language as well as an A in Discrete Math. I keep hitting refresh on the grades page every half hour or so. I’m not sure why I care so much–I’ve always thought the carrot/stick method of education is a worthless way to go about the whole thing, but I suppose that’s the game…