I need to learn French. 15 miles down!

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Today I am in Hôpital-Camfrout. I can't tell you much about it, because the website is all in French, but from what I can tell, there was once a monastery there and an abbey, and today it is raining. What a fantastic world we live in, that not only can I look up a small French town, but tell what the weather is like today. It's a little mind-blowing.

I actually went five and a half miles today and so I saw the meter tick over to 8,000. My son tried the bike out the other day though (he 'flung' the pedals around with his feet at the top of every rotation) so I'm only counting five. Still, it's going to be a lot easier to count the miles now that I'm on an even number. I've told a couple people what I'm doing and the most common questions are:

Are you training for the actual Tour de France?

Dear god, no. Although I'm slightly interested in going to France someday, the actual ride is nearly a lifestyle commitment and I don't have the drive, (much less the money and time!) to actually bike it. Plus, I imagine I'd be way to distracted by every bistro I pass!

Are you accounting for the hills?

Nope. My bike is old, and while it has a tension setting, it would be entirely too difficult to program in the up and down hills- I'm going strictly for distance.

Other questions that I'll cover later:
What made you want to do this?
Why are you doing this?