Yesterday I bid adieu to living comforts.
I visited the BLM office and read about this desert environment and a little history. The exposed rocks tell a history of earth’s development. way too much to absorb.
Paid $8.00 for admission to an animal of the world museum. It was animals of the world, my mistake hoping that it would be about local desert life.
Drove back to Hurricane. Visited Over the Edge shop where Slower than Snot works. He was there. He rode 11 laps of the 25 hour race solo, 2nd place was 6 mins behind him; first place single speed. He said about 80 racers raced. Met Quentin, the owner of the shop. He knows Dean from Sedona. He is a Turner dealer, no Spot DW in med size.
Bought LA Confidential for same price to rent. Adding to my library.
Camped @ JEM TH. Slept in sleeping bag on floor. Not too bad. Slept well being “outside” again. Figure to drive back to ST George & buy a car camping sleeping bag which will be bigger and have cotton “sheeting” instead of backpacking mummy, nylon sleeping bag. Possible strategy: camp @ a popular place, snag a rider to lower my bed, and then catch somebody else to raise it the next day. Rider stopped this AM asking for chain lube which I shared. He lowered & raised my bed for me to retrieve my stash.
Injury is still painful causing me to eat pain pills. Going to run out before pain gone. I suspect i damaged my kidney but not bled out when i fell @ Beacon back in Spokane. Scab will form over the tear and the blood will be reabsorbed. Not supposed to strain which will “pick” @ the forming scab. If I pee blood then i have ripped the wound open again. So far no blood.
Sitting here in great riding weather out @ JEM TH. Hard not to ride but I am healing and I do not have a bike. Discipline.