+4 for the start because my Garmin kept freezing

Long time followers of my Strava, or people who are very bored and scroll way back, will notice this is the second time I’ve bailed out from part of vtxl to Hanover. This time it’s my fault, and here is a short list of excuses:

• the air quality was bad, and my parents were very worried about my lungs
• the rain was way worse than I expected
• I don’t trust my tent fly hammock setup fully in the rain. Why did I half test it at home and then bring it if I didn’t really test it? I’m an optimist
• mosquitos
• black flies
• I saw a bear and it was scary
• I saw a skunk and it was scary
• I just generally don’t like camping in the rain
• mud is slippery and tiring
• my rear derailleur kinda goes into manual mode in the rain (I should figure out this issue)
• I’ll come back and do it again sometime
• A package got delivered to my house today and I need to take it inside
• my Garmin kept bugging out

My route back to Hanover was actually on about 50% gravel anyways, which was cool. I do like finding my own cool routes.

Why do I need excuses if it’s my trip and I get to do what I want? Because I set goals for myself and I like to achieve them. My plans rarely go as planned, but it’s always hard to let myself to stray from my original goals.

My bus drivers glasses just broke… Should I be worried?

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