Day 8, Yazoo City, MS - 54 miles

It seems the heat has broken.  And the back to back 80 to 90 mile days are over with for now.  For the next little while we will be riding only 50 miles per day and we will be gradually encountering more rolling terrain.  All of this makes our group of 30 bikers very happy indeed.

Our group seems very good.  The slower riders start early in the day and as the morning progresses, we pass them with a happy greeting.  If we have all started in the proper order, we meet at the first SAG stop at about the same time.  This allows our SAG driver to jump to the next stop in time to catch the fastest riders.  As the day goes on we get more and more spread out so we are cautioned that if we go too fast, we will outrun the SAG.

Today I rode with Mary again.  Both of us have a bit of trouble hearing which makes for some funny conversations and a lot of companionable silence.  It was a short day so we arrived at the hotel at around noon to find that Penny, who decided to ride in the van, had gone to Taco Bell and brought back a 12 pack of tacos.  I had three and they never tasted so good.