I'm finally in a library with some internet access to update my blog. I love and hate my new iPhone. There's so much to learn and I get all tangled up but it's not easy to get untangled and I don't want to waste time trying to figure things out. Oh well!
I am having the time of my life. You should see me sailing along on my bike in my bathing suit top (string back to eliminate dorky tan lines) and bike shorts hitched up (for same reason) with rainbow banner waving off the back iPod in my ears, singing away! Every one I talk to cannot believe my age or that I'm doing this alone. Get over it people!
For the last 2 nights I slept on Ft. Myers Beach. It's allowed. The cop and beach patrol said so. Met some interesting people. Walking on the beach, I met Martin LeBlanc about whom the movie Gross Pointe Blank was filmed. He said it was a Hollywood exaggeration of his life. Now I have to see the movie. I met 10 woman "my age" (so said the resort manager) in their 40's, visiting from Kansas. They fed me a steak dinner the first night. Last night I met a woman at the same resort (think quaint, cozy, 50's, 5 unit resort with murals) and she shared her margaritas and cheese crunchies with me while we shared the stories of our lives and loves. I just love the people I meet. That's no different than the Appalachian Trail.
This morning I had an expensive breakfast and a cafe (I didn't think it would cost that much!) and the Mexican waiter ws so cute and interested in my ride and bike. Language was a barrier and gave me the feeling of what riding through Mexico would be like. I need to learn some Spanish! I understand more than I can say. (good project for next winter....or just go to Mexico next winter and learn it...better yet!)
I haven't had to worry about rain, but I forgot about sprinklers! I woke up during the night to the strangest noise hitting my tent and then stopping and then hitting it again. Sounds like rain. Nope, not raining! What's going on? Finally I figured out: sprinklers on! But I forgot to think about my bike. Everything on it got wet. Oh well, we dried out on the lawn of the Holiday Inn around noon time.
Homeless and happy!
The Bag Lady, Kathryn
