I've really enjoyed having Mike here for my Rest Day. He joined us for dinner on the parking lot last night and talked with several of the ladies about our adventure so far. Unfortunately today, he had to do laundry with me. Three days of biking clothes are pretty bad, believe me, but we got that chore out of the way this morning, and had the rest of the day to just hang out. We went to lunch at Patti's Restaurant in Grand Rivers. It has been written up in Southern Living magazine as the best small-town restaurant in the southeast. The sandwiches we had were great, along with their homemade potato chips and coconut meringue pie. We had to wait about 45 minutes for a table, then lunch took about an hour. I was really pushing the envelope with Mike, who had rather just "grab it and go" for lunch. I guess absence does, indeed, make the heart grow fonder. He has been so sweet.
I got caught up on emails today, too. I got this funny one from Keri (my younger daughter). She was telling me about telling some of her friends about my tour and showing them my blog:
I went to Atlanta and showed my friends....they couldn't believe it. Most grannys are home sewing and doing craft projects, mine has a reflective triangle stuck to her butt and is riding a bike to Canada! I'm tired just thinking about it.
Tomorrow we have another long ride--90 miles to Morganfield, Kentucky. We'll have hills again, but not the whole way, and the weather should be good--cool in the morning with sunshine, and temps in the low 80's. Since Mike has been here, and I've had such a nice break, I think I'll try to psyche myself out and think: "tomorrow is the first day of my new three-week tour." Yea!! Just three weeks and 1200 miles to go. Piece of cake!!!
