Had planned to type more but overcome with sleepiness (which probably isn’t even a word). Very little sleep last night × good but long day on the bike = very tired cyclist. And why didn’t I sleep? New noise outside my tent last night – not the now familiar crickets and cicadas noise – this one rattled – my Audology chums will know the noise of a high frequency rattle and that’s what it sounded like – at 2 in the morning I was googling rattlesnake information, inc do they sleep at night and it turns out they don’t! Reckoned I was safe in my tent but if there was a snake outside definitely didn’t want to disturb it. Made lots of noise when I got up this morning to put off anything that might be outside and a thorough examination before I got out of the tent – certainly no sign of one. The noise may well have been something else but will never find out but wasn’t a happy bunny last night.  Reckon I’ll sleep tonight though.

Good night from Massachusetts.