{"id":1226,"date":"2012-08-22T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2024-07-29T18:24:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T00:24:26","slug":"day-53-dragging-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/2012\/08\/22\/day-53-dragging-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 53 &#8211; Dragging on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Day 53 &#8211; Dragging on<\/h2><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>August 14, 2012<br><br>Start: Blacktail Creek<br>Finish: Williams Fork Reservoir<br><br>Today\u2019s miles: 39.8<br>Total miles: 1661.1<br><br>Splats: 0<br>Divide crossings: 0 ; 15 total<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-progress-bar-c5d8d6c7\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-progress-bar\" data-percent=\"60\" data-duration=\"2\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-progress-bar__area\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-progress-bar__area__title\"><span>Canada &#8211;> Mexico!<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-progress-bar__area__bar\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-progress-bar__progress wp-block-themeisle-blocks-progress-bar__number\">60%<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/08\/20120814-IMG_1182-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2117 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/08\/20120814-IMG_1182-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/08\/20120814-IMG_1182-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/08\/20120814-IMG_1182-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/08\/20120814-IMG_1182-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/08\/20120814-IMG_1182.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though I thought the sun was shining, I had a hard time waking up this morning. Turns out the sun wasn\u2019t shining, it was just bright out compared to yesterday. I was in a cloud, and it was cold. There was frost on my unicycle seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/08\/20120814-IMG_1180-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2116 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/08\/20120814-IMG_1180-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/08\/20120814-IMG_1180-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/08\/20120814-IMG_1180-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.greatdivideride.com\/unicycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/08\/20120814-IMG_1180.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Energy was lacking today, and the miles just didn\u2019t seem to go by. I started wondering how far away Boulder might be and how far off-route I might be willing to ride to get there. One of my friends from my Pacific Crest Trail hike lives there, and it\u2019s also a town I\u2019ve thought about moving to. A visit to Boulder might also allow me to see some friends from back home who now live in the Denver area. I schemed all morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometime in the middle of the afternoon, I moved into cell phone coverage. The first email I read was from Margaret, asking if her son might be able to ride with me a little bit the next day. The possibility of having some one-wheeled company was exciting, and I read on to discover that they were from Boulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the end of the day, I could barely sit on the unicycle seat, let alone any kind of seat. I\u2019m a bit concerned that my slight allergy to wool may not be compatible with my sheepskin seat cover. 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