I got up around 6:30 and walked across the parking lot to the Waffle House and had some filthy eggs and hash browns with everything.

Went back to the room and repacked my bags. Decided that I needed to drop weight so I sorted out everything I hadn’t used yet and filled my backpack to ship home. I think I dropped about 10 pounds.
My computer told me there was a bike shop in town so I rode around looking for it and the Post Office. I found USPS but not the bike shop… apparently it closed a few years ago…
I had made arrangements with a host for the evening via Couch Surfing, in Clinton so I made my way up hwy 51. It was about 11am when I finally rolled out of town.
The road was nice and quiet for the most part, but the hills started getting bigger and longer all day. Many hills where at least a mile up. All I could do was Trudge… with my only consolation being that I would coast down the other side…

I turned off 51 at Tyler and took Spring Ridge Road all the way up into Clinton.
I made my destination round 7:15… about 65 miles today and no flats!
Stayed with a guy named Joshua, who was from MN. Had some good conversation and then I hit the sack. My body was smoked from all the hills.