| 1234567891011121314 | <p>Had a broken spoke but got it fixed. A fallen tree blocked the path and Iclimbed over it. At this point, obstacles like this are old hat. Two months ago,they would have been my entire day.</p><p>My Dad had connections in Rochester so I checked it out. Went to the barowned by the friend of his friend. Headed to the bathroom first and the handfulof regular patrons had obviously made a few jokes at my expense while Iwas in the bathroom. I came out and sat at the bar and the keep checked my ID."Washington State, what are you doing here?" I said that I had ridden my bikehere. At this, he blinks, turns to the other patrons and says, "Shut the f***up! Shut the g****** f*** up. This guy has ridden his f****n bike from f****nWashington state and you all need to shut up." This profanity laden disbeliefcontinued for a while and they were all very impressed, by far more impressedthan anyone I had encountered so far. It was all very entertaining. One of theminsisted on signing my bicycle.  </p>
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