Leaving Tomorrow!

Woooo! I'm leaving tomorrow.  The weather has been and is looking really solid lately.  It looks like this is a window for me to leave and that is precisely what I am doing.  Also the westerly winds will probably help.  I'm excited.  I'll update when I cross into canada.  I'm really excited as to what customs is going to say.

Easterly Winds

Holy downpour batman...but seriously the east is miserable.  I went to Niagara falls for the weekend with my girlfriend and had planned on cycling from there to Holley, NY, then continuing onto Ticonderoga and further.  What I didn't plan on was the equal amount of rain falling from the sky as was cascading from the two falls themselves.  I want this trip to be an adventure and not Point A to Point B and so on.  I am not doing this so I can say I did it.  That is the last thing I want out of this adventure.  I want to experience the country, its people, its cultures, and everything in between.  The last thing I want is to be suffering through torrential downpours with my head down cursing at every drop.  I'm going to give the weather another week, 2 tops.  If the east still looks like a barrage of thunderstorms that only Zeus could have dreamt up himself after a night of tequila shots and failed conquests, then I am saying, "Screw it, I'm headin' west."  I'll head on south through Ohio (as fast as I can) and meet up in Kentucky on the Trans-America trail.  I don't think I could have picked a worse spring to do this.  Ugh.

Delay

So I got sick.  Started out with just a sore throat and escalated.  I was going to meet my girlfriend in Niagara Falls this weekend on my bike, now I may just drive with her, bring my bike, and start from there. All dependent on if I can get all of my gear in the car.

Tornados

3 days and counting.  I reaaaaaalllyyy hope I don't run into one of these tornados.