Wednesday, August 16
Bike: 23 miles
Walk: 8 miles
As usual, another early morning. Jim had to show up in the hospitality room for massage and foot care, so I asked the other massage therapist to work on my stiff Achilles tendons. Boxed breakfast on the bus.
We started out biking. It was pretty warm already, but early morning and creating our own breeze kept us relatively cool. And it was absolutely glorious to cover all those miles. There were some gentle hills that challenged me, otherwise rode in mid to high second gear. The first rest stop was at a small, old church, where members of the local community had a spread of snacks and people came to greet and meet us.
It was fairly hot by the time we started walking, so we were glad it was short 8 miles. Ending at the covered bridge felt like making a grand entrance: people waited to greet us and direct us to the general store for dinner. Although our meal was still catered by Navarre, the folks at the general store had made three different fruit cobblers, which they served with ice cream.
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| Today's Trail ATC |
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| Jim gets worked on x 2: Meagan works out the kinks in his back and Crystal wraps his calves and administers blister care. |
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| Part of Gold Team's ISP escort. |
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| Covered bridge in Bridgeton, Indiana |
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| Jim about to cross the finish line out of the covered bridge into Bridgeton. |
Mmmm Cobbler
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