Carbo Orgy

Leah and Chuck spent the first night of September in Oglala Nebraska. They had put in a 65 mile day and set up their tents in a campground and put a few articles of clothing around the campsite to air out. Then they  headed for the all-you-can-eat pasta joint to load up on linguine, rigatoni, spaghetti and lasagna et al.. After le gran repas  carbo orgy, they headed out to the street to ride their bikes back to the campground, about a half mile down the road when they were overwhelmed by a le gran downpour. Naturally they got drenched, especially Leah as she neglected to bring her rain gear to the restaurant. Well, they made it back to camp and everything was a bit soggy but they managed to climb into the tents and hit the hay. Next morning they awoke to a cloudless blue sky. Leah said this was the first experience they had with rain since July 15th when they began their trip except for a few minor drizzles in Montana- rather remarkable, methinks and hopefully the whether will hold all the way to Maine. 

Tonight, as the candidate running for fuhrer of the United States, John McCain and his running mate, soon-to-be unwed grandmother, book burner, creationism theorist and gun-toting beauty queen, Sarah Palin exchange platitudes with their delusional fellow Republicans  in Minneapolis, Leah and Chuck are in Cody Park in North Platte Nebraska, no doubt a Republican stronghold. Leah said the people here are very interested in their adventure, also very conservative and very nice. Imagine that!

-Stevie Roman