Day 23, Greenville Alabama to Eufaula Alabama
Monday, October 03, 2011 Category: Bike Ride
I am spending this evening in Eufaula Alabama, just across from the Alabama - Georgia border. Today’s ride was 111 miles with 4900 feet of climbing.
Again, we rolled through rural Alabama, through some beautiful country. Unfortunately, there was a tremendous amount of trash along the roadside. The trash was very noticeable and not sure why there was so much of it.
The ride was long and tiring, but made it in to Eufaula around 4:00 pm. There were a couple of good notes about the ride. First, the weather was superb. Just a mite on the chilly side early morning, but the extra clothes were dropped off at the first rest stop. The day was awesome with abundant sunshine and moderate temperatures. A note about rest stops - they are spaced out about 20-30 miles apart and it makes the ride a number of segments rather than one continuous ride. We are always glad to get to one of the rest stops. Second good thing about todays’s ride was my health. The GI problems have moderated, make the ride much more pleasant. I am so happy to be feeling better on the rides.
One good thing about our ride so far has been the civility of cars on the road. Since we are lots of rolling hills, it is sometimes hard to see very far ahead. When a car comes up behind us and cannot see very far down the road, they will slow down (even to our speed) and wait for the opportunity to pass. We greatly appreciate that! However, I did have a problem today. Going up a hill, a Walmart semi came up behind me and did not yield an inch of road space. In order not to be hit by the semi, I had to move into the grass on the side of the road. Just a bit too scary for me!
Tomorrow, we have another long day with lots of climbing. We are having lunch in Andersonville, and visiting the Andersonville National Historic site which was a prisoner of war camp during the Civil War.
Only 3 more days of riding before we reach Tybee Island Georgia and the Atlantic Ocean. Sure will be exciting to get there and am looking forward to the end of the ride. It has been one “Epic Journey”!!!
Click here for today’s pictures
Again, we rolled through rural Alabama, through some beautiful country. Unfortunately, there was a tremendous amount of trash along the roadside. The trash was very noticeable and not sure why there was so much of it.
The ride was long and tiring, but made it in to Eufaula around 4:00 pm. There were a couple of good notes about the ride. First, the weather was superb. Just a mite on the chilly side early morning, but the extra clothes were dropped off at the first rest stop. The day was awesome with abundant sunshine and moderate temperatures. A note about rest stops - they are spaced out about 20-30 miles apart and it makes the ride a number of segments rather than one continuous ride. We are always glad to get to one of the rest stops. Second good thing about todays’s ride was my health. The GI problems have moderated, make the ride much more pleasant. I am so happy to be feeling better on the rides.
One good thing about our ride so far has been the civility of cars on the road. Since we are lots of rolling hills, it is sometimes hard to see very far ahead. When a car comes up behind us and cannot see very far down the road, they will slow down (even to our speed) and wait for the opportunity to pass. We greatly appreciate that! However, I did have a problem today. Going up a hill, a Walmart semi came up behind me and did not yield an inch of road space. In order not to be hit by the semi, I had to move into the grass on the side of the road. Just a bit too scary for me!
Tomorrow, we have another long day with lots of climbing. We are having lunch in Andersonville, and visiting the Andersonville National Historic site which was a prisoner of war camp during the Civil War.
Only 3 more days of riding before we reach Tybee Island Georgia and the Atlantic Ocean. Sure will be exciting to get there and am looking forward to the end of the ride. It has been one “Epic Journey”!!!
Click here for today’s pictures
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