Questions Answered

I have found that most people whom I meet on the road ask a lot of the same questions about the trip. So I figured that most of you may have the same questions so I will try to answer as many of them that I can remember here.

1) How many miles do you ride per day on average?
-About 50 to 60. From here on out I need to ride 51.23 miles/day in order to make it to New Orleans for October 12th, the absolute latest day I can possibly arrive.

2) Where do you sleep?
-Wherever I can. I have a camping hammock and I most often sleep on the side of the road. Most often this comes with the permission of the landowner. But sometimes when it is getting dark I just have to set up on the side of the road out of sight. Other places I have slept are in a marina, the house of a people whom I met who were very nice, in a church, the houses of friends and family, the occasional hotel.

3) How long have you been planning this?
-About a year and a half.

4) How long is the entire trip and how far have you gone so far?
-About 2,000 miles total and I have gone 1,183 as of September 25, 2007.

5) How do you charge your cell phone?
-I charge the cell phone and GPS anywhere I can... usually at fast food restaurants while I grab a cup of coffee and read or write.

6) How do you let people know where you are?
-I send a text message with my GPS coordinates to my father when I go to sleep every night if I have to camp.

7) When did you leave?
-August 29th, 2007. The 2nd anniversary of the hurricane.


If anyone has any more questions, leave them as a comment on this post and I will try to answer them on this post.