Yesterday and Today

Hi all,

I'll make this brief - I would love to be long winded and incredibly funny, but the former has been done and the latter, well that is a roll of the dice!

Yesterday was a real dull ride as Kelly mentioned, but we did meet a couple of nice Mormon kids on mission. Tough gig where they were, but they were good guys and I hope they are happy in what they do.

One funny thing happened when my Trek Rep Norm called and I went on and on about how great the tires were holding up since I switched to Hardcase tires.. 10 minutes later... Marty's gets a flat (yes, Hardcase). Never Ever mention the F word while riding.

We actually did 84 miles and I am actually feeling 100%... less a few pounds.

Today we were up against a weather/lodging challenge. We really want to camp out more to get our ratio back up over 50% camping, but we are not going to PLAN to camp in the rain. And rain was on the way and it did not disappoint. Oddly, the rain came right after Marty remarked in Poplarville that we might avoid all the rain... NEVER EVER mention the R word while riding!

Anyway, using Adventurecycling.org, we would have to ride 150 mile to get to a hotel or camp in the rain. We bought a Mississippi map and set a course for Biloxi, where one can get a cheap room in a Casino for the same price as we paid in Fabens Texas.

104 mile later we are here and feeling great.

Tomorrow we will get to Gulfshores Alabama and camp, weather permitting. We will probably also take our last rest day there as well if it is nice.

Then it is back on the road. Posting a few pics today.

Jake