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Day 43 - Mile 2191 - 2268 (77 miles, 460 ft ascent, 373 ft descent)

3/29/2019

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Big Biloxi Campground, MS - Mobile, AL

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Daily Route
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Daily Elevation
I slept really well last night and woke up just before the 6:45 AM alarm.  We are leaving a bit earlier today since we have more climbing that we have had in a while. Right at 8:30 AM we were all ready to go.  The first 60 miles of the ride was really nice, with back roads that were smooth and light on traffic. Here are a few of the photos Mary took of the scenery today.  She and Jim even saw an alligator as we crossed over a swampy looking river.
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Nice trees
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Mississippi swamp
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Alligator!
Just before mile 57 we crossed over into Alabama.  Unfortunately there was no "Welcome to Alabama" sign on our route.  We continued on to our first stop in Alabama:
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Alabama is treating us well so far
After a 1 mile ride on a rocky, closed, under construction road we arrived at the RV park, but they don't allow tents.  So, Mel, Bill, Tim, and I continued 5 miles east to check into our hotel for the night.  We decided to eat out tonight, so the 4 of us walked to a Thai place down the road then returned to the room around 8 PM.  

Tomorrow we ride to the beach.  We have all been looking forward to seeing the Gulf for a while now, so it will be a treat.  The official bicycle route takes a ferry to cross Mobile Bay, but since I am crazy and want to have continuous tire tread from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, Tim and I are riding around the bay. It is an extra 13 miles or so, but there are a couple of breweries along the route.  Patrick will be here around 8 AM to get our luggage, so it's time to finish up the blog and get some sleep.
1 Comment
mary
3/29/2019 09:41:50 pm

you know, you gotta give your bike partners time to get their minds around your continuous steps/treads fixation, it is crazy. Tim doesn't bother trying to reason with it anymore!!! ;-)

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