Catch Up

Saturday was the ride from he'll. I was not feeling well, it was hot and the ride was 84 miles! No one would believe that on that 84 miles there were no stores, no gas stations very few homes. There was nowhere to get food or water and no restrooms. Restrooms was the least of the problems since we have become quite accustomed to the woods. But to ride with no lunch is impossible. Around 2:00 Penny dug out some English muffins she had tucked away and Harold had some peanut butter. We sat in the sun along the highway and shared the meager crumbs. Several miles further we came to a house. We were totally out of water so I went up and asked the lady there if we could please fill our bottles. She let us use her hose. Monica, I remember when you got trench mouth from drinking from our hose. When we arrived at the campground it was 6 :00 and we had to clean up, set up tents and get on bikes to go find food for supper. I was so exhausted that I just wanted to go to bed but we all nnded food. After that I couldn't bring myself to blog. What a day! We all agreed that there will be no more long days like that. The sun is too hot.

Sunday. A lovely day! Short day of only 54 miles. We entered Louisiana and much to our amazement found hill after hill. The hills were tall and one after another. They are fun on a tandem. We can get so much speed going down that we can get most of the way up the next.
At the campground we were the only ones there. The owner Mike, gave us the little cabin on the site. Bob grabbed the top bunk and I the bottom one. We slept well but Bob had come down with the cold. I introduced him to Thera Flu and he slept like a baby. He's much better today.

Monday. Hills, hills,hills! Fun ride today, the hills were fun. Miles short, only 40! Not planned to be that short but people kept warning us about tornado warnings and no shelters ahead of us. So we found somewhat of a campground and tied things down. We picked up cans of beans and cooked a gourmet meal before the storm hit. One huge one just went through you never saw such rain, lightening and wind! There's more to come! A young couple from Australia pulled in out of the storm. Had fun listening to their story. They actually saved up money and quit their jobs for a year to bicycle. They are coming from California now going east.

Well that's about it in short version. Have had a few other bike incidents but Bob has the tools and expertise to take cRe of anyone. No problems of our own yet!
Never did find tape for my leg but it's doing better now. Kate suggested I could find some at Wall Mart. No one would believe how remote these areas are! There are none of those places!
Can't wait to tell you some personal stories.
Love to all.