It’s about 7:00p and time for dinner. Come on now, ask yourself, when’s the last time you had toasted marshmallows? Very cool. I foraged around for a few minutes and found some dry brush and some kindling and came back to the fire pit and crossed my fingers. I had a very nice fire going within minutes. It’s nice to know that Boy Scout training paid off. Or maybe it was just the dry brush…! Either way, tent pitched, fire going, dinner time. A few roasted (ok, burned) hot dogs later, a handful of marshmallows, some more picture taking, and I’m ready for some work on the journal. I haven’t looked at the pictures yet – I’ll load them on the laptop in a few minutes and do that for another hour or so before bed. I expect I’ll be up with the sunrise (whenever that is) and then on the road shortly thereafter. By the way, I forgot to mention, I’m wearing bicyclist shorts (no seams) and coolmax t-shirts under my riding gear. Man, what a joy. I could go on and on and on about how comfortable they are – put it this way, at the end of the day, I’m feeling great – not hot, now sweaty, not, ah, gross. Anymore than usual that is.  Also, I’m using a Camelback 3 liter hydration system – I have it strapped to my gear on the back of the bike and am able to take a sip whenever I feel the need. I went through the entire thing yesterday, and, man, was it the sweet sweet nectar of the gods. I filled the thing with water before I left home and left it in the fridge overnight – and then added ice right before I left Chicago. It stayed cooled all day long. I’ll never do a long trip without a camelback and the snazzy riding gear again. Oh yeah, the 110v charging system on the motorcycle worked fine today – I charged up the laptop from about 25% battery to full power during my ride. See my trip planning part for more info on that – www.twentyninewest.com/roadtrip.