There are more than ten items on this list, but I'll start with ten to offset my gloomy list from Monday.
1) All sorts of birds, flowers, & views I don't usually get to see.
2) A chance to go at our own pace for months, not just a few miles.
3) A chance to let some challenges recede into that background place in my mind where they seem to resolve themselves without effort.
4) An opportunity to meet people from all over the country. Well, more like the continent. We'll be in Canada for at least one stretch, and possibly (thanks to the problems on Washington's Route 20) two.
5) Time to read every book I can think of to get on my Kindle.
6) Passing, before the middle of the trip, 25,000 on my bike odometer.
7) Gaining confidence in my ability to go anywhere and handle whatever comes up. I've gotten into a lot of comfortable habits & want not to get too dependent on them.
8) A chance to learn a lot more about the geography (hills...) of different parts of the country.
9) Enough training to give me a shot at that time I've been aiming for on the Mount Diablo Challenge when I get back.
10) Lots and lots of ice cream, with no thought of calorie count!
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