TOTAL MILES BIKED: 1,550 (half way)
From the Stoker: Another beautiful sunny day for a long 63 mile bike ride from Kerrville to Blanco, TX. The route took us on the most beautiful small country roads through unique little towns with constant turning and twisting. We said over and over again that we felt like we were biking in northern Michigan along one of our rivers. It felt so like home.
We deserve bragging rights today. We are biking in the "hill country" and 63 miles of hills deserves bragging about. We had a tailwind for probably 50% of the day which was a real treat. We were quite tired at about 50 miles but decided we could go the last 13 because the map showed about 5 miles of climbing and the rest downhill. Of course, that was not quite true. We finished our day with 10 miles of climbing and enjoyed 3 miles of down hill into Blanco, TX. I'm not complaining, it was a beautiful day of biking.
From the captain:
What a surprise, driving down a one lane road, in the middle of nowhere, to come across an F8U fighter jet sitting behind a farm building. It was the workhorse aircraft for the Navy to land on aircraft carriers. Couldn't imagine how the owner got it, moved it there, and what in the world would he possibly do with it. Brought back memories for me. When I graduated from college I hired into LTV Aerospace and had the option of working on that aircraft.
OH MY GOODNESS!!!! The pictures are so beautiful! Reading this makes my day so I'm glad you caught up. We need more from aunt Carol too, how are things going for you?
ReplyDeleteDo you even have to wonder why the Bakery is for sale? What a great picture! And you do have to wonder how that plane got there (crash landed? ha! ha!) Hopefully, you will get to see lots of wildflowers - it looks so pretty there.
ReplyDeleteWhat an adventure! We're cheering all of you onward.
Love,
Barb & John
Good question about the fighter jet...what the heck is he ever going to do with it???
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