Through rain, wind, and hills we made our first 100 mile day!
The day started on a really good note, after Mac took us for breakfast, we went to the post office and miraculously Charlie's card was there. We then set off and quickly had 20 miles in, but after a few more it started to rain, we continued to ride Shortly it turned into a downpour and we ducked under a carport where a man and his pickup were asking if it was ok to come in as we roled up. It was his prebuilt/contracting shop and he had to help a customer before we got his name or a picture. The rain slowed so we continued and it continued for the next 5 or more miles. Eventually the sky's cleared and we were greeted with heavy winds and rolling hills much bigger then anything we had seen thus far. For quite awhile we had our doubts but continued to push. We eventually made it to Cordele and the Denny's Mac told us about were we stoped for supper. The next 10 miles to Georgia Veterans state park were really enjoyable, nice roads, no wind, and riding into the sunset.
This kind of day is one of the reasons why I wanted to do this trip and it feels great.
My Uncle Charlie and I will be biking across the southern USA Starting March 10th. Once reaching CA Charlie will stop but I will then continue north and back across the north. Below is a map that shows an idea of what our route will be, as we are planning it on the road. The map will have uploads of our track as we go. We will greatly appreciate any place to stay and any suggestions of places to visit. Thank you, Austin Fox
Route map
Sorry the map is not updating but if you want to see our progress and atcual route go toBike tour map and click next
3/24/12
Century 1 (fish worm)
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