68 MILES  13 MPH     5 HRS BIKING TIME   6-1:00

Waiting in gazebo at 5:45 for OR & wg (Whitney Gonsoulin)-did not want to be called La. Dark, leave on river rd-then on 1 all day-not much to look at-overcast & cloudy until 10:30. At 15 m, wg leaves us behind-don’t see him until the end. Very little traffic early Sun morning-stop at 30  m-more breaks in shade. Find wg eating lunch-we eat fries. Security guard at Mary Pats gated community takes job seriously-show id & have to know address. Bar goes up-wg goes 1st, bar comes down on OR in front of me. MPat lives on golf course-played yesterday after having hip replaced-knee also replaced before’-her handicap same as OR. So glad to be here-she agrees to DRIVE me to BBUY. Takes 45 min for him to explain how to put pictures on blog-puts baby horse & Fran on. Hope I can do it. Go out to eat-pass by DAYTONA speedway.

MARY PAT-AMAZING 2002 CROSS COUNTRY WOMAN-Retired from Civil Service 2001. Worked at VA hospital, then did nutritional research in MD, including leadership training in ALASKA in preparation for MT EVEREST. She also got hit by car on our ride, tire was ruined-she was back on bike next day. She’s really nice too!

This is today-forgot my shoes-Mary Pat had to bring them to me.