What a difference a day makes. Everybody, myself included, was exhausted after yesterday's ride. It's not the heat, it's the humidity. Today we all decided to start a little later and take our time. We were rolling by 8:30 and got to the first, and only SAG stop by about 10. I had the opportunity to ride with Yolande and Bernadette. Because they are from Holland, it is great hearing their take on what they see as they bike along. Today a bunch of us Americans were marveling at the built in locks they have on their bikes. To them it was just the way bikes should be. I was also riding with Jeanne, my good friend from Florida. She is on her first bike tour even and so far she is loving it. What's not to like about bike-eat-sleep?
I don't usually stop for lunch but we were nearing the hotel at about noon, and we passed a place called Ma Mama's Kitchen, so how could I pass it up. It didn't hurt that Angela came out to see what the hell we were doing and how far did we say we were riding??
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Soon afterwards I pulled into the hotel and made a bee line for the laundry. This was the first day that the luggage beat us to the hotel so we were able to settle in quickly. Barb, who I met on the Northern Tier ride two years ago, is my roommate. She is also the sous-chef so she is quite busy and out of the room a lot. On top of that, she's a really nice person. Life is good.
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