July 7th, 2006 We are writing this tonight from a National Park Service campground at Mile Post 193 on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi. We rode 66 miles today, and it was just gorgeous the entire way. The horrendous humidity and rain that has been plaguing us the last week or so finally lifted …
July 6th, 2006 Sorry for our long silence, but the rigors of our trip have been catching up to us the last two weeks. I remain astonished at how much time it takes just to keep on top of our daily tasks. We get up between 5:30 and 6 a.m., and it usually takes us …
June 23rd, 2006 Each day continues to be a big adventure. Today we left Bayou La Batre, AL, at 6:45 a.m. and headed out right into headwinds for the first 36 miles. It’s certainly a strength building opportunity! The heat was a major factor today, too – for most of the last two hours or …
Vancleave MS; 49 miles – 663 miles and still rolling… Read More »
June 22nd, 2006 We have spent the entire day catching up on our blogs and getting the picture gallery sorted out. We still have a ways to go on that, as we have several hundred+ pictures to sort through, from two different cameras. We need to choose the best ones, give them captions, and organize …
June 21, 2006 It was a great joy to sleep in today, although after riding for 6 straight days and then having a whirlwind day yesterday, I still feel like I could sleep for hours. I spent a quick hour working in the motel lobby on my presentation, and then we took off for Mobile …
June 20, 2006 We had such a fun easy ride today, with only one challenge – the bridge right outside the island. It’s a four-mile bridge, and reaches impressive heights, at least to a bicyclist who’s not at all fond of heights. I had to talk myself up this one –you can check out a …
June 19th, 2006 Chelsea and I got a great early start today, and still had tail winds. What a treat! The terrain was as flat as could be and we sailed west right along the Perdido Key, headed up towards Gulf Shores, and then west again on Ft Morgan Parkway. We had beautiful views of …
Bayou La Batre AL (actually to Dauphin Island; 30 miles plus a few miles on the ferry) Read More »
June 18th, 2006 We reached a milestone! We are in Alabama! Florida is such a big state, that we had begun to feel like we would never get out of the state. But here we are in Orange Beach AL. The day was much tougher than we expected, especially after our “high” of yesterday. The …
June 17th, 2006 We rode 71 miles today! It’s hard to believe, but we ended up having one of our best days right after one of our hardest. Wow, was it hard to get out of bed this morning! After a few days running of heat and hills and wind, we were heading out armed …
June 16th, 2006 Today was a much tougher day. We started out from the Winn Dixie early, but the heat started in right away. We’ve noticed that the heat/humidity combination is really a killer. We reached Chipley early, and took a great break at the Chamber of Commerce there – we’ve gotten to where we …
