Part One

Hi All!

My apologies for the wait but here we go, the first update of what seems to be an epic adventure in a lot of ways, especially on the unforeseen side.
So I landed all right although they forgot to transfer my bike and I had to wait some time for it to reach me on a next flight. "No problem ma'am, we'll get it delivered to your hotel, no problem". Okay, problem it is as there is no hotel and no way of leaving the airport for me as the bike is my means of travel. It got there at the end and happily cycled to my first warm shower address, in the dark, in a nothing-but-car-accustomed-airport-scenery. Reminded me a bit of that one time hitting the highway in Budapest to reach our get-out-of-here goal. Not for pleasure that's for sure. Anyway, made it out alright and made it to a bunch of great inspiring people to kick off my cycling trip.

Don't want to waste any words on Miami which was not so great for a travel-cycler. In a nutshell, big, busy and beaches. Day 1: 143 km. Passed out at the end of the day in a public state park and hit the road again early morning.

So far I cycled 4 days of long, big roads in the heat. Nothing romantic about that. I got sunburned, chatted to by friendly strangers, camped out in beautiful parks, seen a lot of strange cool big and small birds, trees and flowers. Although the cycling part goes really well, I'm not doing very ok with the solitary part, got to me a bit harder than I expected it to. Had a mentally break down (already) on a day of terribly headwinds.

I'm with my beautiful friend Diana now in Orlando. Set up my camp around her couch and deciding on my next move. Am I really going through with this? How will I not end up blunted by these long kilometers by myself? Should I change the plan? I let you know soon!

Lots of love.

And as I'm staying with the trivia-queen of Florida, here's what I learned so far:

- A harvest moon is a full moon that only occurs one time a year in September.
- Mike O. Bryan is waiting for me in his cycle shop in Savannah, Georgia, with free pizza.
- Bears live out of the trash-cans in your backyard in Florida.
- However fat a kid, you can get it in a tree if you really wanted to.  
- If you catch yourself off guard cycling a highway, keep cool, poker face your way to the other side (yes I am a girl on a bicycle crossing highway lanes) and make a safe exit.