I arrived in Bakersfield just before nightfall for the second time on this trip. My night riding skills were quickly becoming quite honed. Rigs

This has been one of the more difficult ride reports to write, as they usually flow each evening as I retrace my thoughts. However, this oddity of a ride began with my dragging my feet, not literally but metaphorically as I was having a really slow start fraught with bizarre issues beginning with my possessed…