Our WarmShowers hosts, Maria and Diane, were amazing. Not only did they insist on buying us dinner, pizza and wings to the tune of over $100, Maria was up at 6:30 this morning to cook us a huge breakfast of scrambled eggs and bacon.
In addition to our group, there was also a self-contained cyclist, Lee, who had set out from St. Augustine last week, making it to Monticello when the storms hit. Although he claimed to be anxious to get back on the road, he was making no plans to get around the flood-damaged parts of the Tier. As a matter of fact, when we left this morning, he announced he'd be spending another day at the acreage. What a deal; two meals a day, run of the house, his own room, and all of it rent free. Some of us wondered if he'd ever leave!
JB and I chose to ride sweep with Paul today, mainly to keep him company. One of our group continues to dawdle as she rides, which can be very frustrating for the leader who has to ride with or behind her. So today, once the slowpoke had begun her ride, the three of us left the acreage, rode the mile into town, found an eatery, and spent about 45 minutes shooting the breeze over coffee. Then it was a leisurely ride to the next break, which happened to be Greenville, the birthplace of Ray Charles, where we enjoyed a snack at the park commemorating his birth.
This pace continued, so that although we only rode for five and a half hours, it took us seven and a half to complete the trip, and we still caught up with the dawdler eight miles from our destination. That's slow!
The weather has begun to cooperate, and although it did rain for part of the ride, we did see the sun, however briefly, a few times during the day. Tomorrow's forecast is for improving conditions. Here's hoping.
We're in the land of moss-laden trees. Cue the horror-movie music!
Tomorrow will also be our last camping destination, as well as our last cooking night, and yours truly is one of the last cooks. In honour of the occasion, and because neither my partner nor I have any ambition, we're going back to college and serving up KD and brats, with key lime pie for dessert.
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