Day 4: The ride begins

After yesterday's entry nothing terribly noteworthy happened. I went to bed at around 11 or 11:30 and got up this morning at 4:15 am. I woke Broeder up at 4:45 and then took a pseudo-"Navy shower" (Broeder told me about this - it's when you get in the shower, get wet, turn the water off, lather up, rinse off). Mine wasn't quite a full-fledged Navy shower, but it only took about 3 minutes (near record time for me). At 5:30 am with the car fully packed, we left for Mellow Johnny's for Broeder to set off on Day 1 of his 100 day journey. As of now, I have driven out about 50-60 miles and have met him several times along the way. The weather is great and the wind is on his back, so he said the riding is going well. He climbed a brutal hill near the beginning (I felt like the car was tired while driving up it) and many other smaller hills throughout. Now I am sitting in a church parking lot in a small town in Texas called Llano waiting to meet Broeder here. I'm getting used to driving the car with the trailer. If things could stay in a groove like this, the rest of the trip shouldn't be too tough for me.