Fremont is a small city surrounded by miles of farmland. Quite a drastic change to be in downtown Cleveland at 9 am and then a place so rural 10 hours later. I pored over my maps for around 20 minutes tonight and noticed I won't see a population >1000 for about a week. Time to settle in to the Midwest...
My host tonight is Brett, along with his daughter Hannah and girlfriend Maria. Very cool people - I was given food, a shower, my own room, and even a trip to the grocery store to buy the next few days' rations. Brett is a UPS driver and Maria works in health administration. Funny to realize the first thing I've asked most hosts is what they do for a living... perhaps that's part of American culture? Either way, I'd like to connect with these would-be strangers on topics that aren't so surface-level, even if I only know them for one day.
Maybe: "If you could go anywhere, where and why?" or "Hey, what's you favorite color? Are you sure?" "Are you double sure?"
This was the only touring cyclist I met on te road today. I don't remember his name, but he's from Germany and started in San Francisco to raise awareness for... a disease that I also forgot. The only thing that really stuck with me were those glasses and sunhat...
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