Day 21 - Comfort, TX - Camp Wood, TX

Today was an interesting day. At least that is the first word that came to mind when thinking of how to describe today. We woke up on our normal schedule - alarm rings at 5:30am, showered, dressed and cleaned out the hotel room. We headed to the RV Park to meet the rest of the group and have some breakfast. In case you forgot, I am on a cereal breakfast diet for this ride. Mainly because it agrees with my stomach in the morning and does not cause me problems on the bike.

The sun had a hard time breaking through the clouds this morning. There were a lot of low level clouds keeping us cool. It also was keeping us a little damp; we had some drizzles and a lot humidity. It was almost like we were back in Florida. At one of our stop we talked about what we would rather have, humidity and cloud cover or 50mph winds! I personal like the cloud cover and the sweat over the wind. Like we have a choice!
The first 40 miles were really pretty today, we were back in a wooded area and we were riding along a good size creek for most of the morning. The area really came alive today; we had dozens of Harleys roaring by us. We even were passed by a group of Porsche’s that we out for a Saturday drive. Along the creek we saw many camps and even a bed and breakfast were everyone was outside painting scenery pictures of the surrounding area. We also passed a women’s camp of some kind, they had archery, horse back riding, and canoe rides. We were a little jealous, but we smiled and waved and keep on riding.

We stopped for lunch at 48 miles today, there was a good spot to pull off and we had some hills so it was a good spot to eat and rest.

That is were the beauty and scenery stopped and the work began. The next 57 miles were intense, and the clouds blew out and the wind and the sun took over. The temperature reached 102 degrees and the terrain turned back to a high desert and the hills came! When you are in a part of the state they actually refer to as hill country, the last thing you want to do is go down a long descent. Because you know on the other end of that downward hill, you will spend at least twice as long climbing out of it. Let me tell you we climbed all afternoon. We climbed long straight roads, we climbed roads with multiple hills, and we climbed switch backs with at least a 6% for 3 miles. It was nasty, with the heat and the hills it was an intense afternoon.

Have you even seen Wild Hogs? There is a scene in the movie were they run out of gas and they are all pushing there motorcycles up a hill. Martin Lawrence is in the back pushing his bike and there is a buzzer walking behind looking at him like he is lunch! That is how I felt today climbing those hills today, I could see the shadows of the buzzer overhead and I was wondering if they are eyeballing me or all the dead deer along the road? Either way I keep pedaling and didn't want to find out!

The total mileage on the day was 105 miles, we are flat beat tonight. Tomorrows ride is 109 miles and we are getting to bed early to get as much rest as possible!

Sorry, we have a weak connection tonight so I was not able to upload any pictures to my blog. First chance I get I will try and get some pictures up.

I though Louisiana was the only anti-Verizon state? It appears certain parts of south Texas do not have a signal? Can you hear me now?!?

Enjoy your Sunday, make sure you tell the ones you love – you love them!