No Chain: Greenville, Texas

Back on the bike after a great weekend, but I think we were all ready to ride again and continue on this journey through Texas. What was supposed to be the 4^th century of the trip was cut short by some road construction but we still got nearly 80 miles in (previously a huge day of cycling prior to begining this trip) before having to rack our bikes back on the van. We fought a gusty head wind for the first 28 miles as we headed north up and around Dallas before making a right hand turn and getting a huge push in the back all the way to Greenville from the wind. We averaged nearly 30 miles per hour (which is flying on a bike) heading east over the next couple of hours which we all agreed was a lot of fun and a welcome break after fighting the wind for so long. The speed also helped as we were riding on the shoulder of a pretty busy 6 lane highway so at least we weren’t getting buzzed quite as bad as normal. As we were struggling north we passed through a whole town in Texas named after me! (Also may have had something to do with the huge Justin Boots factory just outside of the city limits but people don’t need to know about that). Tonight were staying at a Methodist church on the outskirts of Greenville, they just made a great enchilada dinner for us including a lot of fresh fruit and some amazing deserts. We have a lot of room to spread out for the night as they have opened the entire church to us and then they are making breakfast in the morning before we take off for Paris (Texas) just another incredible contribution from a group of strangers, who we all now consider friends. No Chain!