No Chain: Texarkana, TX

93 miles covered in 4.5 hours of riding time, not a bad day on the bike at all. The ride was beautiful today as we rode through along country roads that were tree lined for the first time in the trip. It will probably go down as one of my favorite rides of the trip. One of the main industries in the northeast corner of Texas is logging and it was evident by the views from the bike and by the number of large trucks hauling stripped pine trees to the local mill that passed us along the way. I rode with the front pack for awhile but when I couldn’t handle their speed after the pounding my legs took yesterday I dropped back and picked up my friend Libby for the rest of the day. With the wind at our back today (finally and thankfully!) it didn’t take a lot of effort to move at a good rate so I still ended up averaging nearly 22 miles per hour for the day. The last 2 miles of the day after we hit the city limits were directly north into the wind and we were all reminded how lucky we were today with the weather as I rolled into our destination very slowly. We hit town right around 1 pm and had the rest of the afternoon to work on correcting our farmer’s tans and taking naps. We’re staying at yet another amazing youth center in a Methodist church that includes everything from a wii, multiple projection screens for tv & movies and a full length basketball court, pretty much everything a group traveling across the country needs. We had a great dinner prepared by Team strawberry and now it’s time to watch the movie “The Sandlot” on our huge screen before my 9 pm bedtime, just another day with Ride for World Health. No Chain!