Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Day 3: Hard Labor to Milledgeville
We started the day's ride late (10am) because the campsite was so nice. Even if you don't play golf, this is a nice state park. (you do have to watch for horseback riders crossing with abandon, tho).
As we finally got on our way, the day was already warming up. This is just a test--it got really hot just a short time later.
We thought today's trip could be somewhere between 45 and 55 miles--wrong again! We ended the day at 62.5 miles, with no campsite in sight. We were thrilled to find that pizza could be delivered to the New Milledgeville Motel, so we checked in and ordered one.
The day's ride was long, hot, and very hilly. Matthew composed the following "Hilly Haiku":
Some hills are too steep
To ride a bicycle up
Instead, one must walk.
I've given him until Wednesday to flatten things out a bit . . .
Tuesday's ride will take us on roads that we've never ridden.
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5 comments:
Great stories, keep it up. I'm quite perplexed about #3 and #5 though, but not at all surpised by who got to be number 1!
I waiting to see the pictures, are you having technical difficulties? You did bring a camera, right?
-#16's other half.
Haiku for Matthew:
Uphill then downhill.
Then uphill downhill again.
Need downhill downhill.
5
Hills look flat on maps
Contour* lines notwithstanding
Do map-makers ride?
[*- Is "contour" two syllables, or three?]
Dad
Well, Matthew "math" at work again, now you know how I felt on the Lake Lanier ride. The defense of the not to scale and not having a ruler is perplexing. Maybe 5 could lend you his slide rule.
11 (aka Tim) out.
Rain haiku for Matthew:
The rain is lovely.
Its beauty surrounds me but,
I'd rather be dry.
5
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