My adventure....

Against the advice of everyone -including my wife. (I think) I'm going to do something that I've wanted to do for some time. I'm pedaling my bicycle from Atlanta to Savannah. Now what business does an out-of-shape epileptic have in riding 280 miles on two 1" tires? None - but never in my life had I had the time to do this. I'm still having active seizures - but they usually are in the morning hours and they typically are small partial simple seizures - which don't knock me out. So as long as I take the necessary precautions I should be okay....


I'm not in the best of shape, but I have been riding anywhere from 3 to 35 miles a day....Now if I can just ride 85 miles a day for 3 days - I got it. Simple! A few years ago I had ridden a couple of centuries (100 miles) but never back to back to back. But I can do this...maybe...


If I have a Tonic Clonic seizure I just stay at a cheap Motel 8 or something for a day while I recuperate. If I have some partial simples I will get tired and sleep a few hours in a sleaze bag motel on the side of the road.... (or on the side of the road). If I get confused, lost or need to give up - I call family and friends for help ;-)


Where ever I am at the end of the third day - my friend, Bob, is coming to pick me up and take me the final way to Savannah...So weather I stop in Macon, Dublin or Garden City -I will make it to Savannah....


Now this is interesting. As many of you know, I have problems with short term memory and "calculations". I did a test run of 20 miles today using a "google bike route map". It is the same as the google maps - where it tells you the road, the way to turn and how far to go until the next turn. The problem comes in when I read the map and then try to translate that into action. It requires mathematical computations and memory! Oh what a surprise!


I read go 0.6 miles and turn left on Main street. I shove the map into my shorts and pedal onward. I then forget the mileage and/or the name of the road that I just read. Also, I cannot use my odometer very well because I'm having trouble adding the 0.6 miles to the 128.3 miles. This should be simple - but for me right now -----it is tough. It is a bit frustrating, but not too bad. It is just that I had to stop every so often and re-read the map -again and again and again. I only got lost twice.


At one time my wife bought me a GPS because I do get lost in places I should know. But some nice thief was good enough to borrow it from my wife's car one night.... I might have to go buy another one.... hmmmmm...Just spending money for a waterproof GPS seems a little extravagant...


My life insurance is paid up ;-) Wish me luck! ETD - 6 days....