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So here's how my day went yesterday. I started off in some small town with about 100 people in it, about to start on a stretch of the state that was incredibly desolate and hilly, about 80 miles to the next town while it was about 102 degrees out. Out of nowhere some dude hops of of his truck asking me where I'm heading. I tell him I'm heading west and he immediately tells me I can put the bike in the back and get a ride from him since he's heading that way.

Mind you, this guy doesn't even know my name yet, I could be a serial killer or something and he offers to drive me that distance. I accepted and during the ride when I mentioned my money issues off hand he literally pulled out a wad of cash and handed it to me. He also gave me a bad ass knife and some "road soda" (beer) before droppings me off, a good 20 miles further to my destination than he was going himself.

After that I stopped at a restaurant/c-store to charge up my bike a bit and this old couple, again comes out of nowhere asking why I was out in that heat and even after explaining I had only ridden about 30 miles that day so far they insisted on buying me lunch and giving me a bunch of tips for traversing the mountains since I'm getting close to them. After they leave (giving me their number telling me to call them if I need anything) the waitress gives me some free ice cream before I hit the road. There was also a random woman who asked about the bike and asked if I needed any money without me even hinting at anything money related.

Later towards the evening after about another 30 miles I passed by what looked like a ghost town (it practically was since most of the building were rotting and the total population was about 25) and went into investigate only to be called out to by a woman if I needed anything. After talking to her for a bit she invited me into her house (by far the nicest in the town) and gave me a bunch of food and history lessons on the area before offering to let me spend the night there with her. Again, I'm just some random dude from an eastern city who isn't personable (I forgot to properly introduce myself in each of these encounters) or charismatic in the slightest. The idea that a woman living alone would invite a strange male stranger into her home for the night is difficult for me to comprehend. In the morning she loaded me up with food and when I told her the town I was planning on stopping in today she called up a friend who lives there and set me up with a free place to sleep tonight.

This level of kindness just isn't natural, religious men is one thing but this is just crazy. Also this area is suffering from an intense drought that is destroying the local cow industry so prices are rising and everyone is having a tough time of it and yet still they would help a person like me.