Beautiful day, the wind persists

 A really nice hotel I left in Wildwoods this morning  but quite frankly the place was a ghost town.  An 8:38 departure and an eleven mile ride got me  to ferry to Lewes with a half hour to spare.  The ferry filled completely half of which were these huge RVs.  I don’t get it, why?  These vehicles must be an enormous hassle to park somewhere not to mention how much fuel these things consume. Perhaps half a million dollars is spent to acquire one of these monsters.

The ferry left on time and  I was in Lewes bicycling south in less than two hours.  My goal was Ocean City, Maryland but the persistent wind has worn me down.  After stopping off at a bike shop in Fenwick Island to purchase an iphone holder, I was really to pack it up for the day.  But in my rear view mirror a bicycle kept gaining on me.  He pulled even with with me on a one hundred dollar Walmart bike.  One tire was yellow, the other lyme green.  We struck up a conversation as we rode block after block all eight-three of them.  Ocean City is one long strip of high rises and restaurants.  Ugly is a good word for this place.  Being worn down, Phil’s presences inspired me to keep pedaling through this concrete jungle.   He brought to the route 50 bridge where we departed.  I thanked him for the company.  

Why anyone would ever want to live in Ocean City is beyond me. Phil happen to have purchased a condominium there but lives in Fells point, Baltimore.  With the pandemic he and his wife do not get along being together all the time so he moved to his condo.  This covid 19 virus has turned our lifestyles upside down.

 A few miles down the road after crossing  the bridge, I found a Micro hotel where I checked in for  the night.  There were no warmershowers and one campsite said because of the virus, no tent campers are allowed. The bathroom is  the issue. RVs are self contained bu  tent campers need a bathroom which opens up the chance for spreading the germs.

Settled in, I walked to a Wawa super convenient store and rounded up some dinner and breakfast for tomorrow.  So for, over two hundred miles are behind me.  Perhaps I will slow down for the next two days.