Day Eleven

71 miles
I woke refreshed and ready for another day. I ate breakfast, even though eating first thing has been very hard for me. I packed up and headed out. It was still a pretty late start at 10am.
There was no wind so my pace was nearly double what it had been many previous days. I headed toward my route. Of course, there was road closed and i had to make my own detour again. Luckily with the nearly straight roads as long as I head west I'm bound to catch up to it again. I crossed a dam at the Roush reservoir before noon. And shortly after I was back on route.
By 1pm I had yet another flat. The first patch wouldn't hold, so I used super glue and a patch. That did the trick. I headed into a hilly area around the Salamonie Dam and State Forest. It was lovely. The hills were refreshing and even exhilarating. It is the first time in nearly a week that I have had the chance to use my top gears. The Salamonie Dam was quite large and almost scary. I would have taken pictures but my cellphone battery was very low.
I kept riding. Before long I realized that I had already ridden 50+ miles. I looked at my map and decided where I'd stay. It was about 5:30 and the site was roughly 20 miles away. I was determined to do it. And i did. About 2 hours and a gallon of water later i had made it. Of course there were more road closures and self made detours. This one however cost me my groceries for the night and water.
Despite this i was delighted to make it to Fletcher lake Indiana around 8pm.
I found the campground easily. However, there was no one around. There was a man fishing and i asked him where to go about a camp site. He informed "he'll be back soon. he's at work." the man told me where the cyclists normally set up camp. And said to just set up. I did. I waited for the man to see about the campsite. I waited till 10:30. I passed about by 11. He
Still hadn't come.

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