Truckin' Along

Today we followed up yesterday’s twenty mile effort with a seventeen mile effort.  My new shoes that I bought at REI are breaking in, and my feet feel pretty good.

We traveled from Batavia to a little campground just outside of Corfu, NY.  On the way into town we came across an electric line servicing company with a painted line reel out at the front of their drive for decoration.

I really love the creativity of my fellow humands.

I’m going to wrap things up early tonight.  I’m pretty tired, and we have amptjersolid day tomorrow planned.  We’re aiming to be out of New York and finally into Pennsylvania no later than a week fom now.  We’ve got some miles to cover to make that vision a reality.

Dad’s tilt has not returned.  If we make it tomorrow without issue, I’ll be prepared to say that we’ve solved the problem.  More to follow, of course, but we’re on track and picking up momentum.

A Good Test of the Solution to Tilt

We covered a little over twenty miles today between Caledonia and Batavia, New York.  The work that John did with Dad at the REI in Rochester seems to have been quite effective at banishing the demons of tilt.  We’ve got a sixteen or seventeen mile trek tomorrow, and if that works out alright, I’ll be prepared to declare the tilt issue with Dad resolved.  Once again, we’re optimistic, but we’ve got evidence to back our optimism this time.

Dad and I stopped by the JELL-O museum and gallery in Leroy, NY to take in a little bit of JELL-O and Americana history.

The ladies running the museum would not let me leave without making sure I was outfitted with a JELL-O baseball cap.  Bright orange for safety, and I absolutely love it.

Dad continues to cut up and play his role as the mad photo bomber.  I messed up his antics in the photo above. Take a look at his face.  That look of surprise. It’s supposed to be there because he’s “accidentally” impaled himself on a big orange road cone.  Unfortunately, I cut the road cone out of the picture, so the full effect of his misbehavior has been lost.

The point is, he’s still being creative and having a great deal of fun with his photo bombing role.

Time to get some rest.  The final test of the back and a long day tomorrow awaits.