Monday, April 26, 2010

THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS








Marianna- Quincy, FL 4/23 54.5

Marianna- Quincy, FL 4/23 Friday 54 miles

Lynn from Traverse City, MI is with us for a few days in training as a WT chef. She has made two spectacular meals and even had time to do a little riding.

Nice "recovery ride" today. I wasn't as tired as I thought I would be. Florida panhandle has surprising number of hills but actually they make things more interesting than unrelenting flats. Live oak canopied roads. Rode into Eastern standard time zone and lunched at Miss Helen's Cafe on the square in charming Quincy. Some of these little Florida towns which are not touristy or on the coast remind me of Mt. Dora, FL and don't "feel" Florida at all.

Mike (Michele) from Oregon wins hands down the award for positive thinker and cheerleader of the group. If there is an Optimists Club in her home town, she must be the president. Always ready to help everyone with their bikes and pitch in on chores. On top of all that she is the queen mother of the go fast girls and her name... well her father always wanted a boy but ended up with 4 girls nicknamed Mike, Bob, Chuck and Pat. (Mike is in yellow shirt on left in 1st photo and on the left in the second photo)


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