Cycled from Perry, GA to Tifton, GA. SAGged to Jacksonville, FLORIDA!
Our day started with the usual early morning routine of breakfast, pack up, unload bikes, fill waters, and we left before the sun was up at 7:03 am. Our best “on time” morning yet. We were trying to get ahead of the heat and wind. On today's adventure we saw fields of cotton, pecan groves, peanut groves, crossed the Swanee River, our first dead armadillo, baby snakes, homes that were grand, homes that were very impoverished, and blue skies. Lots to entertain us along the way. On the first break we enjoyed some fresh harvested peanuts given us to by a local farmer. We may have also picked some cotton just to say we did. Don't worry, the farmer didn't care. Well, technically we didn't ask, forgiveness later rather than permission now I guess is the mentality we approached this small endeavor with.
Lunchtime! We had biked 55 miles by 11:30, our best time yet. Many times we were going 17-18 mph!!! We dined at Turner County Park where they gave us free ice, turned on the fans in the shelter, and the bathrooms were air conditioned! Our great SAG crew treated us to tacos (which they made) for lunch! Can’t tell you how good they tasted! If everyone saw how much we ate you would think its a good thing we are riding all these miles!!! When we were leaving Mary must of thought Carolyn was getting to warm and made sure she dumped the cooler of ice water out of the van and down her front, whoosh! Accidental but we had a good laugh!
We were off our bikes by mid afternoon with our 76 miles complete and alot of whoops and high fives. We could all feel how well we rode today and we had a great feeling of accomplishment. 76 miles and lunch and still getting off the bikes for the day by 1:30PM with 175 miles left to SAG. Our wonderful crew treated us to popsicles and while we were enjoying them and loading up a man came and talked to us about biking and what we were doing and when we were leaving he gave us a dollar for the cause. For some this means nothing but for him it was generous and we appreciated it.
On our way to Jacksonville we went through two heavy rainstorms and we were grateful that our day had been so smooth. When we arrived at our hotel we were glad that we had finally arrived at our nights stay in the daylight. We enjoyed pizza and devotions together and called it an "early" night excited to ride along the coast tomorrow!
Until next time,
Team Ride4Life
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