Paul on a bike, except when I'm working on the new house...

As I have been getting closer to NM, I was checking the directions to get to Coleman, Tx, and on Google there are the 'left' 'right' 'unnamed road', parts that only work if you are looking at the phone, and have service, Google people can't imagine a world in which there isn't a moment looking directly into the phone. I tried Mapquest, another non biking group of people, at least with their info the basically same directions, and at every turn to this road or that, the tagline of "Unpaved Roadway", I asked for bike directions, not MOUNTAIN BIKE directions. So this leaves me on I-40 until Amarillo, then south on I-27 to Lubbock, then it's a crap shoot.

Well, the term for that is 'retired', but technically since I'm not old enough, I will be transient... Tomorrow I work some of the last full time days of this job I have had, showing up at the same place for 21 years, just a different floor as of the last 8 years. Got some good information from a TED talk, Bob on a Tallbike, I'll have to think of this as a performance art piece I guess, then be more personable, also, get a dry erase board, and a donation cup. Going to try to contact as many people on the Warmshowers.org site, seems a bit more people friendly and useful, than other sites that are at face value, quite a few hotel ads. It's 46 days until I'm free of this place I have called an address for nearly 40 years, I call it an address since I never really 'chose' to live here, so it really doesn't feel like 'a home'.  I hope to find a home, or at least a furbaby(a dog) that will share some time on this rock with me. Okay, I thin...

Figure I won't be able to take Cookie with me, so I'll just post a pic to remind me... And there are 42 days left....hope I can sell this.

Whoo hoo, got rid of the big wardrobe I had, I paid $300 for it at the 2nd hand place down the street, they went out of business a while ago, but to get someone to show up and pay(true only $80) for it, when it's a piece that just doesn't fit with how people live.  It's too big for the people who live in an apartment, and for those who have enough room for it, well they have a room called a closet. Oh an she bought a mirror I snagged for free, so I'm leaving town with $85. Got a present in the mail, a 11-41T chainring cassette for the rear, with a large 41T cog I will be able to make any hill my bizatch(the usual largest chainring on a cassette is 34T. New cranks came too with 24T/34T/42T that's right, the front big cog will be 1T bigger than what's on the back, new grips skewer combos, and to go along with the new drivetrain, some new old shifters. I wanted simple shifters, if the gear I am in works, I don't need to know which number it is, as for the f...