Some short days have many highlights to write about. It seems that it should be OK then to have a
long day that has few, it just feels strange to be wordless. Today was such a long day with no memorable
highlights. That is not to say it wasn’t
a good day, because it was a very good day for cycling. The sky was clear, there was no humidity, and
a perfect temperature all day. The roads
where in good shape, with nice wide shoulders, and the traffic light, all
making it pleasant for cycling. The ride
was for the most part along country roads, with an occasional small town now
and then, perfect for a short stop to recovery and rejuvenate.
Again, it was a perfect day; just that it was a long day, especially
after coming off a layover day. Interestingly,
there was a lot of climbing today. The
climbs weren’t long, just one after another.
We climbed up a hundred to two hundred feet then down the other side,
over and over and over again.
The last few days has seen the group go in all different
directions. Eileen, Erwin, Eric and Tom
C went to New Orleans to spend the
layover days. Chris and Neil didn’t like
the idea of a 91 mile day today, so they actually didn’t take a layover day and
broke the ride into two days, one around 60 miles and the other around 30
miles. Joe, Tom R, Ed and Ken all stayed in St Francisville and enjoyed the
sights it had to offer. The New
Orleans travelers woke early today and drove back to St
Francisville and then did the long ride to Franklinton. It makes one tired just thinking about doing
that.
The official route for today was to be 91 miles. Most in the group found ways to shorten today’s
ride to between 80 and 85 miles, and there where several different routes
selected by small groups of riders. Once
again, we all did are own thing today. All
this helter-skelter must be the end of trip fever setting in. After all, we have only 14 more days until
this trip is finished and we reach St Augustine .
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