Good things:
- THE TENT HAS ARRIVED!
- Have found a car to rent from St. George Ut to Denver, CO (took calling eight different rental car companies, of course it was the last one - never give up! never surrender!)
- I'm leaving Zion!! (Zion, we had some good times, but ultimately, you made me feel trapped in the relationship)

Not-so-good-thing
- the bike map people sent me the wrong maps! they don't even CONNECT. So now I have to find a new address for them to send the right ones to me, and try to time it correctly. I can not wait until all I have to do is ride my bike again.
- all this fussing around means I'm going to have to haul ass to make it from Denver to Jasper through the rockies by the beginning of August. Depending on when I actually get started, we may be talking Tour de France mileage. A challenge worthy of Merle!

eta: merle's my bike.

eta2: a josh quote:
We were sitting at a picnic table, both of us eating bananas with nutella, using sporks.
Me: Know what's great about camping? How you do things you'd never do at home.
Josh: hmmm. (looks at himself) I hope I start showering again though.