Yeah, after i stayed at the motel in Wamego i had some bites on my feet that i think might have been bedbugs, and i was really worried they might've ended up in my socks or sleeping bag, but so far so good. It's not like i own many things, but it'd still suck to have to replace them.
I don't know North Texas really at all. The limits of my knowledge out there is Maypearl, really, which is where an uncle of mine had a ranch once upon a time. But that's on the other side of Dallas, and Texas cities tend not to be bike friendly
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Thanks for these routes! I still haven't been able to look at them, unfortunately, because i haven't had a strong enough network connection for my tablet and they don't seem to load on my phone.
Right now i'm not planning to go to Austin or San Antonio. I remember driving around there when i visited last time and enjoying the area, but it's too far out of my way this time if i intend to head east (which i do). I am already wondering if i might come back after Florida - maybe to Houston and then cycle west, though. I'm not sure the south is really going to be my thing, and i might want to "wash it out" with some southwest vibes.
You're right on the camping thing. It's a real struggle around here. A lot of places seem deliberately set up to keep out "the poors".
I suppose it might just be some kind of Bible camp or something, but it still seems odd to wall it up. I dunno. I think there might be some old monasteries that had walls, but i imagine that was because they got raided? Not sure who would raid a ministry on highway 77!
At least everything in Texas is big, including the shoulder on the roads... at least it was that way for us when we took route 6 all across Texas. Remember, everyone carries a gun. I'm sure that's already assumed, but it's important, especially in the cities to not get outwardly pissed at the bad drivers.
I make those hot dog at the bakery. Every weekend. We use Hebrew National dogs, and wrap them in brioche dough. They're super popular. When my previous bosses first opened the bakery, they hated hot dogs, but decided to do this anyway, so they bought all the different brands and did a taste test and in the end decided Hebrew National were the best. And they're Kosher haha.
I have been a bit disappointed with the roads in Texas, because it seems like ones with the biggest shoulders are also the ones with this sort of bumpy bitumen surface, which makes the ride slow and uncomfortable. The best roads i've found so far are the so-called farm roads, which don't have a shoulder but they usually have a pretty good surface.
I am much more polite as a touring cyclist than a commuting cyclist. But i think commuters in the city are used to drivers and cyclists and pedestrians all yelling at each other. In the country it seems ruder, somehow.
Amusingly, i think putting a kosher hotdog into brioche dough would make it not kosher because brioche dough has dairy in it.
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I am excited for the taco updates to come!!!!!
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Right now i'm not planning to go to Austin or San Antonio. I remember driving around there when i visited last time and enjoying the area, but it's too far out of my way this time if i intend to head east (which i do). I am already wondering if i might come back after Florida - maybe to Houston and then cycle west, though. I'm not sure the south is really going to be my thing, and i might want to "wash it out" with some southwest vibes.
You're right on the camping thing. It's a real struggle around here. A lot of places seem deliberately set up to keep out "the poors".
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And... Christian compounds is so weird.... up here if they're a Christian Compound it means they're a Racist Separatist....
... wonder if it means anything different down there?
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I make those hot dog at the bakery. Every weekend. We use Hebrew National dogs, and wrap them in brioche dough. They're super popular. When my previous bosses first opened the bakery, they hated hot dogs, but decided to do this anyway, so they bought all the different brands and did a taste test and in the end decided Hebrew National were the best. And they're Kosher haha.
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I am much more polite as a touring cyclist than a commuting cyclist. But i think commuters in the city are used to drivers and cyclists and pedestrians all yelling at each other. In the country it seems ruder, somehow.
Amusingly, i think putting a kosher hotdog into brioche dough would make it not kosher because brioche dough has dairy in it.
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