“Fun with letters and states- let’s quiz each other’s knowledge!” called Ken cheerfully. “Quiz # 1, how many letters in the alphabet are not used at the beginning of a state?” We were on a back road without much traffic. It was even quiet enough to talk. To pass the endless miles of flat, agricultural land (mainly rice and cattle) we played guessing games. We tried to name as many state capitals as we could, we even tried to figure out how many two letter words we could make using the first letters of states and their capitals. For example the Texas combination makes the word AT. Very exciting. We also tried to name as many countries beginning with a given letter. But we were trying to name obscure places like Myanmar and Omen, so we missed obvious countries like Iraq, Italy, Iran and Germany. I guess that means that we haven’t been watching much soccer or political debates! We also had long arguments, such as the status of Singapore. Is it a country? If you think that this is boring, you are correct! But it ought to give you the impression of what life is like on the road. Usually there isn’t much to do other than peddle and watch out for cars. And of course to mull over complicated academic theories. If Einstein had been a long distance cyclist he’d have had enough time to himself to come up with even more revolutionary discoveries.
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