I woke up this morning feeling a little ill over last night's burrito. Don't get me wrong, really spicy was great to ingest, just a little rough to digest.
So we are in Cincinnati Ohio. Hubert's friend Malcolm has been kind enough to host us and we are spending two days here. With any luck, we'll get downtown and catch a couple of museums while here.
The tour is going well, I think I am alone in this, but I will be sorry to see Ohio go. The Adventure cycling maps, though often hard to navigate, took us through some really pretty country. The sunsets here have all been beautiful and even our day in seemingly endless rain seemed tolerable.
For all those interested, a huge "I told you so" is deserved to come my way with regard to the headwinds. We are riding into it much more often than not. I am grateful for trees just for the wind shelter they provide.
On a personal note, I am getting much more sun on my left side than my right. This is best illustrated by my "south leg" and the "south side of my face." The left side of my lower lip is so sunburned I have come to resemble "Two-Face" from Batman comics. I picked up some frilly chapstick with sunscreen and I have been most dilligent about its application since then. I am sure I will be back to my handsome self again in no time (minus the creepy beard, of course).
One last thing worth noting; We watched a seemingly ill raccoon yesterday for about twenty minutes as it wandered aimlessly in a dry creek bed doing its best impression of my little sister after a long night at the OP. This whole display came to an end with the sorry critter sitting up on its haunches and gnarling its teeth towards the sky silently while leaning back into a concrete bridge support. We all thought lockjaw for sure, but then the beast laid its head down on a rock and went to sleep as though none of this had just happened. Despite my best efforts, I couldn't get Hubert to go feed it a Duplex cream cookie.
