I slept in a little bit and headed out around 9. I needed the rest because I had to go over the Dallas divide today and that's about 9000 ft. elevation and a fairly decent climb. I went to Ridgeway first because I needed to get my bike repaired. The rear derailleur was off and that's what threw the chain off and busted the spoke guard the other day. I got that fixed and headed off for the divide. It wasn't that bad of a climb and since I was rested up I was making good time. However, it stormed the entire way up. A ten mile climb in the cold rain isn't much fun but I made it up. After that it stopped raining and it was a 15 mile descent to an intersection that was supposed to have a town but there was nothing there. I ended up just continuing on and the next 13 miles were also downhill most of the way, however it started raining again. I made it to the town of Norwood and got some food. It started sprinkling and there were storm clouds everywhere but I decided to head out anyways. On my way out of town I passed a house with a sign that said "Bicycle Route" with an arrow pointing to the driveway and I figured they'd be cool and tell me if there was a campground anywhere near there. As soon as I pulled up a woman greeted me and said I could just sleep there, they are on a website I've heard of that takes in cycling tourists. So that's where I am for the night. I need to charge up everything I have and have some help planning the next few days of traveling.
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