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Monday, July 23, 2012

Staying the night, I think

So the plan was to eat lunch here at Middlegate,  then do another 13 miles to Cold Springs,  putting me only 50 miles short of Austin. 

But, when I got here I ordered the Monster Burger,  then had to sit around a while until I didn't feel sick anymore.  So that stuck me here for a while.  Meanwhile, believe it or not,  they are filming an independent film here today.   When I arrived it sounded like a band was playing in the bar,  which was technically true - only it was the band scene for the movie "Nowhere,  Nevada".  So while digesting my burger I watched the band play (the same song 3 times,  but still fun). 

Next I started talking to a woman who works here (Dee) and a cowboy who is basically Jeff Bridges (Rodney) .  They're both awesome.  Dee offers that if I decided to stay at Middlegate,  I can use her spare bedroom.  So that's nice,  especially with the rain in the area.  But I'm still torn.   It's still early and the clouds make for perfect biking weather.   In fact,  the wind (which was really in my face today, which is odd) has finally died down - so biking could really be ideal.

But the kicker is that the movie crew and movie band are going to stick around for the night and hang out in the bar and possibly play a set.  How could I miss that?  Just to knock an hour off the ride tomorrow?  Could be a really fun night!

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