Status Report: Unknown Position

Mission Control...

This is Eco1...

I've lost my New Brunswick map. I placed it in the half-open first sid bag at my right elbow and it must have fallen out of the right rear Flintstone hole. I'm fine navigationally, as I can continue east on 105 :wy tomorrow into Fredericton (and a new map - sorry Katie...). My only problem is I can't name name the towns I've passed through today without my map reference. My mind's a spaghetti tennis racquet for names.

Anyway...

Have set camp in an empty field within a Provincial park - name unknown. It's some 10 - 20 km west of Fredericton off Hwy 105.

I'd had enough of the mountain climbing and crossed over the St. John River at exit 231. Stopped at a nice town for my second heat exhaustion break of the day and self-baptised in the St. John. Very nice. Then I took a picture of The Largest Axe in the World. Pressed on for another few hours, south on 105 - the 'scenic route'. That means the road. has more updown twist-turns over really bad pavement than...you know, a lot.

I had a nice highway side newspaper interview this morning with reporter James Allison from a Waterloo area paper (the Bugle/Standard?,,,) Had his card and I lost it. I'm a mess.

Wish I had the time to arrange summer camp meets and media interviews, but it's really hard when I velo for 8 - 9 hours and exhausted every night.

If someone would be willing to volunteer to do some of these things, I'd greatly appreciate it. It just seems like the opportunity is slipping away as I concentrate all my energy on moving east and getting enough food to eat. The people already helping me are already stretched with many obligations. Okay, no more pleas. Promise.

After Fredericton, I plan to continue east on :wy #2.

Eco1...Out

-- Major Dude


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