This has been a very lazy winter for me in every sense of the word. It's consisted mostly of sleeping, watching movies, reading western novels and eating junk food during all of it (I bet you didn't know I could eat in my sleep!). I found myself living in an apartment no more than a mile from where I work so my bike ride was about 5 minutes per day. I moved back into my mom's house this week (for good reason I swear!) on the north side, which significantly ups my daily commute. It's nothing too challenging, but it's made me realize how out of shape I am. I was ashamed at how much my legs burned yesterday on my way to work, and biking home this morning from Dylan's house on Willy St. I felt sluggish and grumpy. I turned onto N. Sherman which is a very long boring incline and started to feel a little worse. Then I heard my dad's voice in my head saying "You start to get into a cadence" and "It's more a mental thing than a physical thing" and my ride got a whole lot easier. Before I knew it I was pulling into my mom's driveway.
Anyway I guess the moral of the story is, I'm going to hurt for awhile, but it'll feel good. I can't wait to be able to be on a bike all day in the country by myself just counting off my pedal strokes. I can't wait to live the simplest life possible for just a little while.
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Elly: The beginning of a big adventure starts... at the beginning. Just wait til you've been on the road for a while (like maybe... 3 hours?) and your brain begins to entertain itself by summoning up the most inane one hit wonder pop songs (I was partial to really shlocky saccharine Elton John songs from his early period) and repeats them over and over and over. Phase two is when you and Klaus take an honorable love song/tune and then make up new totaly sick and scatalogical verses, a veritable poetry slam on wheels... hmm... well, maybe that's just something that we liked to do.
But I highly recommend it!
Wait.....! You guys are riding bicycles to Portland!? -- I live here in Portland! Need a place to stay? I can't wait to read more! --P. I. E.
-----ps--when does the adventure begin? (when do the wheels start turning)
dear elly and dylan
an excellent adventure! we are so proud of you for biking across lewis and clark. you will have great memories! if you get into spokane, don't hesitate to call tor and victoria for a hot shower and a place to stay. i enjoyed the blogs!
lots of love
ellen
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