Morning came and it was wet and cold and miserable. We went to warm up with hot showers and stopped in the KOA store on the way back to the tent. The lady at the desk said that the storm had been so bad that most of the power in the area was down and most local schools were closed. She said it was a bad night to be in a tent and that if she had known, she would have put us in a cabin. She offered that we could stay in a cabin with a heater for free that night if we wanted to get warm and dry, but we said we probably wanted to keep going. She said the offer was still open if we changed our minds, so we went to pack up and look at the maps to see what was ahead. When Tim looked ahead, the only motel closeby was really far out of the way, and neither of us wanted to bike on a gloomy day to spend another night camping in sleeping bags that were already soaking wet. We ended up taking the lady on her offer, and moved all of our stuff to a cabin and hung it out to dry. The rest of the day was spent reading our books and eating food. We were hoping that the day of rest would help ease the numbness in my foot, but I could still feel the numbness throughout the whole day.
The bright side to all of this miserable weather is that I really, really love my rain clothes. I've never had good rain clothes before. The cannondale Morphis jackets that Tim and I have are designed for biking; the arms are a bit longer than usual so when you lean over to the handlebars, your wrists are still covered. The back is also a bit longer to cover your back when you're leaning over on the bike, as well. The collar fits my neck well, and the whole design is very nice. The jacket is made so that you can zip off the sleeves so they come off as one piece of fabric. This is nice on a hotter day when you want a vest. The back portions of the sleeves snap to the jacket with magnets when you assemble it so the back portion doesn't flap around. Clothes don't usually fit Tim well since he had a fit body with really broad shoulders and long arms, but this jacket fits him really well...perhaps maybe a bit tight in the shoulders. My jacket is a really nice vivid green and it attracts caterpillars and makes them fall in love with me. When we were waiting for Nick on the DC bike trails, thsi one caterpillar kept crawling all over me. I'd fling him some distance away, but he'd would determinedly turn around and trudge right back towards me. He did this at least 7 or 8 times.
Time with Tim:
There were eight tent sites at this campground. Of the eight, only ours was in use. Of the eight, only OUR tent site was a pool of water. The tent did quite well with only minor wet-infiltration. Downside was that it was 40F, 20 mph winds, and still raining. The campground lady couldn't believe we had slept in a tent, and offered us a free cabin and heater to dry out. I initially said "Nah, we'll keep biking." When I walked out I realized I was a stupid moron, and went back inside to accept the offer. We spent the day sitting inside hoping for better weather.
The bright side to all of this miserable weather is that I really, really love my rain clothes. I've never had good rain clothes before. The cannondale Morphis jackets that Tim and I have are designed for biking; the arms are a bit longer than usual so when you lean over to the handlebars, your wrists are still covered. The back is also a bit longer to cover your back when you're leaning over on the bike, as well. The collar fits my neck well, and the whole design is very nice. The jacket is made so that you can zip off the sleeves so they come off as one piece of fabric. This is nice on a hotter day when you want a vest. The back portions of the sleeves snap to the jacket with magnets when you assemble it so the back portion doesn't flap around. Clothes don't usually fit Tim well since he had a fit body with really broad shoulders and long arms, but this jacket fits him really well...perhaps maybe a bit tight in the shoulders. My jacket is a really nice vivid green and it attracts caterpillars and makes them fall in love with me. When we were waiting for Nick on the DC bike trails, thsi one caterpillar kept crawling all over me. I'd fling him some distance away, but he'd would determinedly turn around and trudge right back towards me. He did this at least 7 or 8 times.
Time with Tim:
There were eight tent sites at this campground. Of the eight, only ours was in use. Of the eight, only OUR tent site was a pool of water. The tent did quite well with only minor wet-infiltration. Downside was that it was 40F, 20 mph winds, and still raining. The campground lady couldn't believe we had slept in a tent, and offered us a free cabin and heater to dry out. I initially said "Nah, we'll keep biking." When I walked out I realized I was a stupid moron, and went back inside to accept the offer. We spent the day sitting inside hoping for better weather.
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