Chock Full of Thoughts

Left later than usual this morning. About 9:10. Already 38 km down the road in Whangarei. Fairly easy ride for once. Downhill or flat, slight tailwind, so average up to maybe 27-30 for this part. 90 or so to go. Staying in Kerikeri, where at least one of the people running the hostel is Japanese, I believe. Billions of crazy thoughts running through my head. Weather getting worse. Windy... Hard to keep going, but I'm cutting down on the distances for now. Lots of negative thoughts yesterday, but once I am riding I somehow feel better. Weird. Stayed with lovely family yesterday. Times like that I just want to stay for a week, you know?
Anyway, I'm going to do another 56 km to Kawakawa now, to keep moving. Just going to grab a quick bite, though... Not sure if the weather will cooperate for the rest of the day...
More later. :-)