The day began with a 5:45am load, breakfast @ 6:00 and depart at 6:30am. I got to see the sunrise, which was one of the best sites of the day. Not much picture taking, mostly open fields and small towns. Temperature was low 50s when we started warming up to low 90s. The wind was out of the southwest which helped evaporate our sweat and gave us a little push at times.
Chris from Ohio (lt), Bob from Seattle (m), Jack from Florida (rt), and I rode together forming a pace line. We found a much appreciated Dairy Queen at mile 85.
I was humbled when I ran into Joy and Mark. I thought the ride was tough. Joy is running across country, LA to NY, 30 miles a day.
If we got the story correct, she is running to support Mark, a heart transplant recipient, who runs along side her part of the way. They are both supported by a car that follows them. Awesome! Just
about all of our riders greeted them as they went bye with
about all of our riders greeted them as they went bye with
words of encouragement.
You are lucky you are only looking at the picture to your right. This is a cow slaughtering ranch. There must of been over 3,000 cows. What you missed was the stench, P-U. I am glad we are having lasagna and spaghetti tonight.
Long day, started at 6:30am, 3 sag stops, 4 flat tires and DQ put us at the hotel at 3:30pm. 18 mile avg. for the day, not bad for 121 miles, and no flats for me. Only 2 in 22 days. The Armadillo tires are holding up well.
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