What a long, strange trip it has been...

** A glimpse of Brian's view of the road **



Hello all! Brian is still truckin' along! He reports that he successfully reached checkpoint 2 yesterday (Monday) and then proceeded to have a very tough night. He found himself terribly lost with two fellow riders. They tried to camp near a church and were eaten up by mosquitoes. At this point, the other two riders decided to call it quits and headed for home. Discouraged, Brian decided to change locations. He called Candy at about 4:00am and said he wasn't sure if he was going to continue on with the race. They agreed that he should 'sleep on it'. He finally managed to fall asleep at about 4:30am.

8:00am brought about a new day! Candy spoke with him and he had decided to give the challenge another day. He was about 50 miles off course at this time - somewhere in Arkansas!

Today the course is much more spread out and seemingly a little easier to navigate. He is actually traveling on some minor interstate roads instead of solely on narrow back roads. Brian said that it is turning out to be a warm and beautiful day - a great time to ride thru Ozark National Park. He hopes to make it all the way thru Oklahoma today and then to have a great, restful night of mosquito free sleep to help recharge his battery for tomorrow!