I had my day of fun, now back to the saddle!
Oh wait, looks like my phone did sustain some damage from the previous day's shenanigans... Bluetooth and wireless abilities didn't work and I would get static from the external speaker if I tried to play any media. Normally I won't really care but I upload my camera photos thru an Eye-Fi card that connects to my phone via wireless, oh noes!
And even better, I got some crazy headwind today. I'm talking 17-20mph gusting to 25 type headwinds. All day. It feels like ever since i got close to Lake Erie I'm been getting headwind coming out of the south-west but this was much more, I'm really hoping this is a lake thing and as I go westward away from the lake it'll die down. Its a shame because there was this really nice 10 mile paved bike path next to the train tracks and all I was doing was being on the drops, head down, trying to fight against the wind.
When I got to Fremont, I hit up the Verizon Wireless store to inquire about my phone. I showed them my phone, and after doing a complete wipe of my phone and the bluetooth and wireless still not working, they just told me they'd cover it under warranty and send me a new phone... Appearently if the screen's not cracked, it hasn't been dropped hard enough!
Now comes one of the problems with being on the road, where could I get a Fed Ex package delivered ahead of me? I know I can get US postal mail shipped general delivery to post offices and pick it up in person, but no clue about UPS or Fed Ex.
So I had the phone shipped home, so when Melissa gets it back in Ithaca, she can then mail it to me via USPS, sounds like a very roundabout way to do something, but I had already asked if they could just ship it to a Verizon Wireless store ahead of me and was told that "it can't be done" must be physically impossible!
Oh well, new phone, can't complain too much, but I can complain about the headwind! I set out and eventually made my way to Gibsonburg for the night. Just south of town there is a camping area and across the street from that is an old quarry that was filled in with water and is now a popular place to learn scuba diving. There was also a beach there and after setting up my tent, I rode the bike over and jumped in and just kinda floated around for about an hour, felt *great*.
After getting dried off and biking back to the tent, of which I picked the best campsite in the whole campground as it was the only one off by itself, I found that I would be the only one camping there that night as the place was dead. Probably more popular on the weekends, when you could camp and go scuba diving.
A little after dusk a thunderstorm came by and while I thought I was sitting pretty, during the 2-3 minutes of intense rain in the middle of the thunderstorm, my tent started leaking! It was only dripping, but both sides above the door zippers where the zipper cover flap was sewed to the cover, had 2-3 places were water was dripping in! Boooo, and also after that the exact middle of the cover also started leaking, right onto my sleeping bag, again just drops but annoying. Now I'm not sure if I should get some seam seal tape and fix it myself, see if I can get a replacement and send this back, or look for another tent to get?
With the rain down to a more normal level and the leaks either stopped or leaking very slowly, I decided to be done with the day and fall asleep. To better days ahead!
Start: Sankdusky, OH
End: Gibsonburg, OH
Distance: 48.5 miles
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