I've just been talking to the head of the parks dept here on Farmington who said this is the hottest driest summer since the dustbowl years of the 1930's. I have never seen so many dry river beds as I have in Kansas and Missouri...and here I am riding a bicycle through it all..ha ha..no wonder I've spent so much on Gatorade!

Well as today is slicing off the bike day I thought is treat myself to some real food...so tonight ill cook myself pasta a la transam..with a cycle salad ..with strawberry ice cream for desert and cherries for the sofa time. Wallmart here is huge and although I have navigated myself across 7 states on a bicycle I got lost in wallmart lol!
It's cooler an cloudy here today and talking to people here there is a sense of relief that the heat is less at least for a day or two.
This hostel comes with a free ticket to the waterpark here..I may go later..or just check out the guitar shop on the corner and hit the sofa again...mustn't overdo it today ha ha!
Anything or anyone to do with London is instantly popular here at the moment...as soon as people hear I am from near London they are very interested and friendly. I tell them I am a prince and 4th in line to become king...ha ha ;)

It's strange not riding today...my legs are used to hauling a loaded tour bike 70 miles or more up hills ...they feel as if they are still turning even though they arnt!

And this me in a recent band playing some deep purple, ozzy Osbourne and some rainbow classic tunes.

http://m.soundcloud.com/greenshredman/3-track-demo

What I sound like on a guitar for those who asked.

A few kind people I've met whilst riding here in the USA have been interested to hear me play guitar. Well I can't carry one with me on the bike but here is a link to a you tube video of me improvising some lead guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xpEE071KVM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

The jailbreak from the hostel I am at tonight...how cool is this...have to ask how they got dynamite in the jailhouse...lucky they didn't eat the cake I suppose !