We woke up to Donnell getting ready for work, he's been teaching summer school the past two months in Weldon. Talk about a nice way to start the day. We hadn't seen Don since the school year ended and we caught up on life until he had to leave for work around 7:30 pm. Shout out to Donnell for teaching over his break. FTK baby.
We went back to sleep and caught a little more rest before waking up for good and getting ready to ride our second to last day on the bike. Time flies.
Lesson #92: There are no secrets in a small town. Always trust your teachers.
We stopped at the Rockfish Grill (Weldon claims to be the "Rockfish Capital of the World") and we're approached by a high school student -
"You guys the ones riding tha bikes all across America?"
"Yup."
"I knew it! Mr. Cannon my summer school teacher told us about you all, but we didn't believe him for a minute. Guess he was really telling the truth."
10 down, 70 miles to the ocean.
We loaded up on our last gas station dinner of the trip (shout out to 7 Eleven) and pigged out on sugary snacks while we sat on the beach as the sunset and took a second to take a deep breathe and think back over the past 7 weeks.
Fixing Jack's spoke for the last time.
\Total counts between Jack and I, new tires = 3, new tubes = 14, new spokes = 11. Here's to seeing the finish line tomorrow.
Lesson #93: The more comfortable you are with yourself the more willing you are to extend help to other people.
Your outlook on the world determines how you interact and treat the people around you. We blame the environment and/or people around us for how we act but it's our outlook that determines our actions.
The more comfortable and secure you are with yourself the less you view the world and people as threats. The less threatening you perceive the world to be the more you're willing to stretch and put yourself out there.
When Jack and I are asking random strangers for help it's not about how we approach them, something special we say, or anything like that. All we can do is be ourselves.
The more time and effort Jack and I spend talking to people and making the ask for help the more likely we are to connect with someone who is willing to take time out of their day, put themselves out there, and help us.
Shoutout to the people in our lives who have given us this life where we can go on a ride like this. Shoutout to the people we have met and continue to meet along the way who are willing to help us and make this ride happen.
It was the perfect way to end our last night.
Thank you to Don for the place to crash last night.
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