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Day 37---Friends from AA come to ride, 108 miles from Richmond IN to Marysville OH with a slight route error

2009-06-14

Scores from the: 98 more miles tomorrow? Are you kidding me? bike tour.

Larry, Rob and Mike F. coming down to ride with me: Thanks guys, it was great. They drove to Marysville and rode the route backwards meeting us about 25 miles from the hotel.
Mike F. complaining after he had ridden a total of 50 miles about cramps and soreness: Does anything need to be said?
Making a wrong turn at a detour: Ugh.
Jim taking a picture at a farm and touching an electric fence: Ouch.
Seeing the Amish on the way to Church riding in their carriage and on bikes: Neat, the bikes draft the horse and carriage.
Cold Front: We watched a cold front move through Ohio with clouds I have never seen before. We could see a storm rotating.
The wind: Larry swears the wind shifted to be in our face after they met us.

Jim, Peter and I rode out knowing we had four tough days in front of us. We took our time, took lots of pictures, made a wrong turn at a detour, and had a pleasant ride on a good riding day. Chris and Willie had decided to ride with our mechanic and his buddy. I consider this a decision to be similar to the Captain of the Exxon Valdez made in going to the bar before he left port. Not a good idea. We will see in the following days.
We met Larry, Rob and Mike about 25 miles out and they got an idea of what a cross country ride was about. Nice riding but tiring. Thanks again guys.




Richmond IN to Marysville OH 103 MILES


State number 10.


How cool is that?


Rob, Larry, Mike

Messages

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Hey Al, Glad to see you guys all decked out in your PI gear. For saddle sores try a new chmois cream called dznuts http://www.dz-nuts.com/catalog/?p=press&v=lance Have a wonderful finish to your trip. Sent 2009-06-16 from Dave Riggs

yeah that does look like larry??!!welcome to storm country. In 1974 in april we had 174 storms. Sent 2009-06-15 from peter brown

If Jim's problem is a specific saddle sore, get some Dr.Scholl's corn and callous pads (theyr're ring shaped); stick as many together as he needs to keep the pressure off; place over the problem area; fill the donut hole with first aid cream. Nothing is perfect, but it should help. Ride on, brother. Sent 2009-06-14 from bill&sally

Hey Al - I have good news for you! A suggestion for toches relief. A friend told me today that she knew a guy who was a biker and he found that putting a sanitary pad in this shorts really helped. Let me know how it works for you. Sent 2009-06-14 from Sharon

Great pics - and to answer your rhetorical question, VERY cool. Glad Larry witnessed the Al Wind Effect - Simply Heads Into Trouble (AWE - you figure the acronym). NDJ4TB - Tag-along Buddies Sent 2009-06-14 from Chip and Carol