Since it was a century (101 mile) day, I wanted to get out early. Of course, 3 miles in, I got a flat. Could not locate the leak, so I took out a spare tube, and managed to break the valve off, after getting the tire back on the bike. I didn’t even get 1 inch out of the tube before it was garbage. Luckily Devon had a spare tube (Renee and Maura had nothing), and I was able to get it replaced. Of course my road morph pump is broken (leaks air, which is bad for a pump) but luckily I had a CO2 cartridge and was able to fill it up and get to lunch. 3 miles after lunch – another flat. This time I was able to locate and patch the leak, and flag down Dan Carmondy, who had a working pump and helped me get back on the road. We stopped briefly at the 2nd lunch stop (just to get some water) before heading into the next town for some ice cream. We stopped at a local Mexican restaurant and I got a cheese quesadilla and French fries – it was an international snack. The best part was we could make our own self-serve ice cream cone. Unfortunately, the vanilla was out, but I made do with chocolate. Using my skills from back in the dorms, I was able to make a large cone, with 8 swirls of ice cream on the cone. Dinner consisted of deli meat (yum), salad (I still eat healthy) and potato chips (Need to replenish my salt).
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