Andy is driving us hard and I am glad as he is dragging me along and that is a good thing. Today we finished 81 miles today putting us14 miles outside of Donaldsville. Angel (note Mom I corrected the spelling) is doing a great job of finding places for us to stay meaning Andy I concentrate on covering the distance and then in the afternoon Angel shows up and saves us on the hard part of the day.
Today within of 5 miles of starting Andy had a flat tire. We stopped and patched the tire out and put in a new tube. After inflating the tire and putting it back on the bike. The tire had a bulge right at the valve stem, so we started again with my worn out tire. We made another 33 miles Andy stopped and pointed out that the tire was leaking. So we took it apart and patched the tire again and put in a new tube. This patch took and lasted the rest of the day. Andy had Angel pick up two new tires and tubes in Baton Rouge and has already rebuild the tires for tomorrow. Andy is now giving me the gears saying that my spare tire junk, so I am taking his old front tire for my spare tire for the rest of the ride. So after 2500 miles the rear tire I started with will be sent to the local LA dump site may it rest in peace it severed me well.
The ride today was past a lot of sugar cane fields and old plantation homes and empty fields. The road went right along beside the levee so the view was on one side was a grass hill and flat ground on the other. The other part of the ride was a wooded part of the road.
Thankful for Today
I am thankful that the last patch we put on tire held and did not leak again. That was good think and I am thankful for that.
Love and Kisses
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