Our Longest Ride

Yesterday was our longest ride so far. 91 miles. Our group has had one longer one. (107 miles) That day was supposed to be 99 but when we arrived in New Orleans and got our new itinerary, it had changed to 107. That day the wind was blowing from the NE 25 mph. Pat and I finished 65 and caught the van as it was going in for the day. The next day we had 66 with 15 mph winds and we finished that one. Yesterday conditions were perfect. No wind, sunny, mostly flat.

Each day we get up at or around 5:00 and get our bags out to the van. Then we make peanut butter sandwiches and pack some snacks. We usually have breakfast in the motel and then we are on our bikes.

We have two support vehicles. One is the van that sometimes meets us half way if the day is going to be a long one. From the van we can make more sandwiches. The surburban has water, fruit, amd bars for us to grab. That vehicle waits for everyone to pass before it goes up the road another 20 miles to meet us again.

We have to go potty anywhere we can find. I have begun to call Pat, " Sister with little bladder."

Each day we see the "country" part of our country. Yesterday we were riding through the Mississippi Delta. It is all very beautiful.

At one point we were riding down the middle of corn fields as high as we were. We also stopped for a minute to see this beautiful pond with trees growing out of it.

We do appreciate this beauty.

Our bottoms have taken a bit of a beating. Last week we had 5 days of riding. I don't know if it is the heat or humidity or if it is just the long miles, but our rears are hurting by the end of each day. Several of the women have had to take a break from riding just to repair. Yikes!