I have to tell you that this desert is really taking it out of me. I was just looking at the map and I guess I didn’t do too bad today 69 miles.
It was hot and at one point at about 1 I just stopped and slept under a tree along the side of the road. It is not just the heat, or the wind, or the narrow shoulders, or the soft ground just off the shoulder, or the rough pavement, or the bugs that keep flying into my eyes, it is that there is nothing to see. When I stopped to sleep under the tree, a bunch of cows gathered on the other side of the fence. So boring that cows run across the grasslands to watch a guy sleep under a tree for hours. Probably the most excitement since the FedEx truck broke down in ’02.
On the other hand, just before breakfast I saw some cow boys branding some cattle and I saw 3 porcupines run over on the road. I think you would get a flat tire from that
Today while playing my new favorite game ‘identify that road debris’ I saw what looked to be a CB radio, a CD player, a CD (not related to the player), 3 different cassette tapes, a watch, several hub caps, a wrench and some porn. This is not the first time I have found porn. This is the 3rd time. I just wonder how some of this stuff finds it’s way onto the roadside.
Tonight, I am camping on the edge of a prairie dog town. I keep seeing them run by the front of my tent. Cute. I hope they are good neighbors. I would hate to wake to some rowdy prairie dogs in the morning. 