Day 26: Livingston, AL to Greenville, AL

The Ride:  127 miles, 4,000 ft climbing

Today was a miracle.  After the storm that rolled in last night I feared the worst.  But we actually remained dry all day.  The cloud cover kept the temps down most of the day although there was a couple of hours in the day that my computer on the bike registered over 100 degrees.  But a storm front came in and dumped some rain just ahead of us and the temperature dropped to the mid 80's.  What a relief!

About an hour after we got in to our motel another storm front came in with thunder, wind, lightning and sheeting rain.  But that has passed on as well.  I hope our luck continues....it made for a much more enjoyable day.

I rode with Greg again today and Tom decided to stay back and help as well. 

Jeanine, as usual, was powering it up in front, mostly with Doug keeping her company.  They actually got hit by the earlier deluge of rain that we avoided by being slower. 

Overall, a long day, but a better weather day.  The humidity still is something new and novel to experience.  By the first rest stop today we were all just dripping wet.  It hasn't been terribly uncomfortable but just unusual to have so much moisture in the air and on our skin.

These multi-route signs are common.  Thankfully, our laminated daily route sheets are so detailed that you have to work at getting lost.  And when its is even a little ambiguous, the PAC crew paints the arrows on the road.

Rollers....and more rollers.  We climbed 4,000 ft today but actually went just 300 ft higher in elevation from Livingston to Greenville.

Crossing the Alabama River.

When Weiner Dogs Attack!  Two of em almost got Greg.  I was laughing too hard to get a good picture.  I took this picture for my friend Jeanie Borba, even though I know she will be upset that they were out in the road...even if it was just to try to chew off Greg's shoe.

Historic cabin in Pine Apple, Alabama.  Our last rest stop of the day.

As we rode by, we said hey was that a goat on the front porch?  After we took this picture the goat and the dog below chased us.!

Tom, left.  Greg, right.  This was a good day for Greg because he found another license plate on the side of the road to add to his collection.

We came in on beautiful rural roads....

Four days left.  Its gone by so fast.  Now when we get together for dinner it is starting to sink in that we won't be doing this much longer and we are going to miss our Pac Tour family.  Are we going to miss breakfast in the parking lot at 6am, the pain in our legs, living out of our suitcase, doing laundry in the motel sink, drinking sport drink, smearing chamois butter in our shorts?.....maybe.  But mostly we will miss the camaraderie of accomplishing this sometimes really difficult trip....together.

Good night,  and TGIF for tomorrow.

Lori

 

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