mile 130 East Moriches

As I biked into the Hamlet of East Moriches, my back was hurting like hell. I must have twisted a muscle along my spine right before getting into Shirley. I was also running really low on food. I had consumed 4 muffins, all the beef jerky, and half of my dried fish. I still had 2 muffins and 6 Oatmeal bars left though. So with that in mind, I stopped at Cathy's Kitchen in East Moriches for some lunch. Her Eggplant Parm was really good. Cathy mentioned that she had to close the store early today due to the heat, that it was causing power outages in NYC. I had been pretty much out of communication contact with the city, and was real surprised to hear that. She told me to consider taking a break from biking today since the heat could cause more accidents for me. I thanked her for the kind words and kept going.