Day 16 June 10, 2009

We got up thirty minutes before sunrise so we could be on the road at sunlight. By lunch we had done 55 miles so we rewarded ourselves by going to a restaurant then going and taking a nap at the library. After lunch we biked for another twenty miles and took another break. At the end of this break three bikers pulled up behind us and introduced themselves as transam bikers. We biked with them for another twenty miles until we reached Double LL gas station which we all stopped to enjoy a popsicle. We stayed the night at Double LL which was one of the best decisions of the trip. Arnie the owner of Double LL offered us a shower and laundry which we could not turn down. Then his wife Lucy asked if we would eat dinner with them! We had pot roast and green beans and bread and home grown veggies. After dinner Arnie took us in his jeep to show us the farms and crops that we were so ignorant about. (We couldn't identify corn before this trip) We slept on the porch of the store. There was a massive rain storm that knocked the power out of the street lights several times. Total mileage of the day, 93!