asheboro NC to charlotte – 45/90 miles
day 10:
rode with doug and crystal who were the sweeps for the day. got off to a late start because we were camping the night before. in the beginning everyone stopped to eat breakfast at arby’s so we had to stop as well – because when you are sweeping you have to stay behind everyone else – so we went down another road and found the golden waffle (pretty sweet joint, it topped waffle house and definitely huddle house). next stop was at a gas station down the road, there we met a man who said it was flat all the way to charlotte – i have no clue where he got that idea. road for awhile and caught up to the geezers so we stopped at this building that was surrounded by rusting cars, farm equipment and old soda machines. the man inside the shop said he bought old machines and fixed them up. he didn’t have a hose but offered us bottles of water. rode some more… saw the geezers again, so we stopped at a fruit stand, ate some and then fell asleep against the sign, letting our white feet tan in the sun. we woke up an hour and a half later and started riding. it was hot and we were pretty far behind the rest, so when we got to judy we just hopped in the van and went to the hotel.
it was the fourth of july so we got our red white and blue on and headed out to ‘the epicenter’ where there was a free concert, expensive bad beer, gussied up rednecks, and hundreds of cops. i was on the wrong side of the building when the fire works were going off and didn’t see any but the very last burst – kind of a let down. after the roof we got pizza and walked to another bar – dixie’s tavern. the music was better and so was the beer, but didn’t stay too long. when you have to wake up at 445 in the morning it really ruins your evenings. so dade, crystal, bennett, alexander and i split a cab ride back – and it was bumpin. the indian driver turned up the dance music as we flew down the highway – the cab ride was probably the highlight of the evening.
that night cali and crihs went to the wrong hotel and crihs passed out in the hallway shirtless. alexander tried to climb the fence and go to the pool (failed).. that morning waking up was a little rough to say the least.
happy fourth.
