As I got up (7am) this Morning the town on Walton was inundated by fog. and in was hard to see beyond 20m away.By the time I got on the road to climb the daring Bear Spring mountain I found it in me ascend 342 meters in 45 minutes, and there I was at the highest peak of my path to NYC. The ride was going great the Day finding my self at the next town over on HWY 206, Downsville. I stopped at a local heath food store, where I stay for 3hrs, drinking coffee and using their internet to up date the blog.
By the time I got on the road again in was past 2pm, and the sky was getting dark with rain clouds. After crossing the beautiful Catskill Park I had a hard time and stopped for direction more time that I can count wit one hand and for a bit had to ride on the interstate route 17, not a pleasant ride. eventually finding my way near Monticello and meeting Carlos, how offered his house for me to stay the night, gave direction to get there and all the, but I got lost, several times and was forced to ride after dark, I was exhausted and only found his place at 7:30, well after sunset... Carlos was very generous and let me sleep in his basement...I learned that I should NEVER trade biking time for blogging time...
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The until-now anonymous health food store was Pepacton Natural Foods, where, though you can't tell from the blog, we kinda knocked ourselves out: among other things, gave up our internet for 3 hours (which is like having our hands tied behind our backs) so Lalo could use our one ethernet cable.
We're cyclists ourselves, love meeting others, hearing their stories, and giving them a home on the road; have done so at every opportunity. But after reading Lalo's blog, gotta say, having not only plied him with fresh, fabulous, free coffee, and boiled the kettle a couple times for his mate' thermos, etc, besides going without our internet for 3 hours (so delaying our access to ups.com, and after getting back online so we could finally print our shipping label having to chase the UPS driver 3 miles down the road to get the package on the truck) we think next time we should probably draw the line at our ethernet cable... Wish you the best, Lalo, happy and safe riding, and hope you remember the hospitality more kindly than your blog indicates...and as you go and as you meet so many helpful people, remember the power of reciprocation.
Dear Laurie,
About 24 hundred miles after I had the pleasure of your acquaintance, here in Key West as I was browsing older blog posts, I stumble on your comment.
First off, I am so sorry that you felt under appreciated on the blog, after re-reading it, I can see how you did. However, The blog only represents a small percentage of my feelings on the road, the feelings of gratitude and friendship I felt for you after being welcomed so well at Pepacton Natural Foods, were beyond what is in the blog. However I can also add that after all these miles on the road I have really been learning about the power of reciprocation, I notice that my posts now days are much more detailed to thanking those beautiful human who help me along the way. So what I can tell you now is that you are a fundamental part in my journey of human-ness. For this I salute and thank you.
The factual details of how I drank 10 litres of fabulous free coffee and hogged your only internet connection for 3 hours that you had to chase an UPS truck down the street. I'm sorry. I hope that you don't hold yourself back from offering your hand to others because of the experience your had with me. If being on the road has tough me anything is that accessing ones human-ness by offering help, trust and friendship is the best thing we can do to another that goes way beyond physical/factual/minor details, and it has a profound impact on us, consciously or unconsciously.
Thanks, Lalo.
Sorry you had a rough ride after you left us. It was the phrase "I learned that I should NEVER trade biking time for blogging time" that kinda cut me at the time; after all, we hadn't compelled you to stay, just tried to help every way we could, and as noted, at a thereto - unacknowledged cost to us too.
Happy riding.
laurie,
maybe you can ask lalo to hyperlink your store and include photos and put advertising banners?
your comments are disgusting.
clearly you thought you would get a huge shout out on lalo's blog promoting your store and obviously giving lalo access to internet and free coffee were all done selfishly for your own interests.
why do you need to be rewarded for your actions? is it so hard to just give without receiving? is good karma not enough?
lalo, i am sorry for posting this comment as i am usually not driven to do such things but this bad spirit could not go ignored.
stay safe and well on your amazing journey.
Laurie,
I'm happy that we are on each others good books and to clarify the phrase "I learned that I should NEVER trade biking time for blogging time": I literary meant that as a note to self, because that day I ended up having to cycle in the dark, that is not my ideal situation. So by that phrase I remind myself that in day light I should cycle, and at night, if I can, I should blog.
It had nothing to do with you in fact I stayed as long as I did because I was enjoying being in your company and store.
peace and prosperity...
Anonymous person, I would love to know who you are, please email me privatly at infinitycycleATrogersDOTcom
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