As yesterday was a late night, today we started more slowly than usual. We got up on time, and headed to a nearby diner for a hearty breakfast (about a 2 minute walk from the motel), but afterwards we were tired and slow to get moving. After taking off, we were still slow and tired. We are in the middle of our longest stretch of continuous biking without a day off, and it is taking it's toll. Eric especially, who was up later than usual last night dealing with internet problems while trying to finish off uploading the blog, got less than the usual 8 hours of sleep could really feel the fatigue. Despite our tiredness, when we were moving we were moving well. The roads were still hilly, but not unreasonable, and we had a
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