Sent Home the Chain

Day 9: Elma to Centralia. Mailed the NYC bike chain back to Oakland. It was time. There are bigger hills ahead. The post office has a flat rate box, good up to 70 lbs. As the gentleman behind the counter was stamping our chain-heavy box I caught the weight read-out on the scale. How heavy was that beast that had given me so much grief? 7 lbs, 9 oz.