Cripes. I made it. I'm sitting on my hotel bed with a dinner of red pepper, goat cheese, crackers, salami and avocado. Oh and a flask full of Gin! Yummy. The last 140 miles was tough. The last 41 were brutal. Especially when I went to reach for my ringing phone only to find I was in digital roam ($$$$). And I still am. Stupid Sprint.
Anyway, I got here around 6:30 or so bleary eyed and exhausted. I was on the road for 750 miles just today.
Iowa was really beautiful and it was cool that their rest areas had wireless. Even if I had the slowest computer on earth and had to sit on the floor to be able to plug into the power outlet, it was super cool. Nothing really exciting or eventful happened. I didn't even see anything weird. The bikes stayed on top of the car, Burnt Toast didn't throw up, Aloha Rabbit just chilled to the music and Dorothy told me where to go.
Nebraska was really pretty too. After being very cloudy most of the way, it was sunny and gorgeous all the way to North Platte.
Tomorrow I head off to Salt Lake City. It'll be another long day of driving, but not as bad as today. I just kept thinking how lucky I am to be able to do this. To be able to start this new life with Miriam in Santa Cruz and it was all I needed to motivate myself to reach my time points. I can't wait to be sitting in an Italian restaurant in Berkeley on Friday with Miriam and her whole crew.
The pictures that Jon posted of the party and everything were SO fun! Thanks so much, Jon, for getting those up there. My mom saw them and LOVED them. She thinks you all are great. I miss you all and was totally cracking up several times thinking of the crazy shit we did at the party. Remember "Dee came over the other night and taught me a lesson!", as I held up the wooden spoon? AHAHHAA.
OK, off to sleep. More tomorrow.
Love.
Neile
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Way to go Neile! We are very happy for you, pancake thingy, dorothy-bot and the chicago "drop me on the pavement" magic white rabbit. To a Italian food and missing you times 750.
mike and kristi and sadie are excited to have pleasure pizza next tuesday! we talked about your arrival at tonight's pizza time. dollar slices await.
Catchin' up on several days' activity... The foiling: what were those two bundles with the tiniest bit of pink fur poking out?! And Melissa has GOT to have Dutch lineage. Packing a car like that--it's in the blood.
I love learning about the WR's fans on this blog. Ann Arbor & Chicago team members: the Berkeley/Santa Cruz crew will take excellent care of Neile.
Gentle Fawn, power on tomorrow with Koge-pan.
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