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Combining all perceptions that can be sensed there is one rising high above the rest as single most feared.  Agreed upon by both woman and mankind around the world nothing tests will, delivers pain, and breeds dread like this one sensation. Six a.m. somewhere in China the same tone, pitch, and pulsating rhythm that wakes the masses the world over fills our room. My radio shack travel alarm clock with case showing well use and buttons long rubbed off of their paint telling of their function succeeds again at rousting the dead.  However instead of dreading the stress of co-workers, sitting in traffic, paying bills, feeding the dog, and long term general monotony I have no idea what to stress about.  In fact I have no idea what the day will bring or where I will end up.  For some this in it and of itself might be reason to freak out or have an aneurysm. For some reason however I was created to embrace uncertainty, live for the moment, and thrive off the unknown. All that is known is that I have to follow little green, red, and brown lines outlined on my map looked at the night before. Forever heading south towards some unforeseen point. Entirely open to change and reevaluation a green road may become a red, or a red a green, but it is all the same to me, unknown. I can only speculate as to where there will be hills, traffic, food, and a place to sleep. In fact with no predictability rising from bed becomes much easier. I generally awake everyday with no dread, no remorse, and an unusual amount of energy. Ready to hit the road we pack, we eat, and we bike. 

Everyday we learn what does and doesn’t work, everyday we talk, change plans, and speculate. We have slowly become more efficient with our prep time and riding. Our group is unique in that we are very open with one another and we are very lucky that when something is bothering one of us we share it with the group.  As with any team we have our highs and lows, but so far have worked together and made changes where necessary. People in our group are also currently of different biking ability making working as a team very important. It is difficult to say if we are on track of our goal of distance traveled since it is so unclear what route we will entirely be taking. Generally we travel anywhere from 50 to 80 k per day, with a day of rest thrown in every so often.  Things that effect this are stopping at interesting places to take photographs, talking with people, playing music, and eating.  The type of road we travel on also highly effects how fast or slow we go.  We have encountered very mountainous terrain, rainy weather, very flat and fast land, curvy roads, muddy roads, and roads so full of drying grain that it is difficult to bike on. It has been brought to my attention that a more detailed status should be included in the site.  I will soon be adding a weekly blog with just details such as distances traveled, sites visited, terrain, and weather.  

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