105 miles. That’s how far I biked today. My first century. I am EXHAUSTED. We woke up at 4am and left Milton, FL by 6am. We took the ‘scenic route’ right along the Gulf Coast and it was absolutely beautiful, especially early in the morning. Unfortunately most of the morning view was un-enjoyable because of all the traffic and terrible roads. But once we got close to lunch around mile 45, it was flat and beautiful beaches. Lunch was at the beach and we refreshed ourselves with a little wading in the warm ocean. After lunch we crossed into ALABAMA! The schedule was that we had to make the ferry by 2:30 because there would still be 30 miles after that. Most of the group made it early enough to make the 1:15 ferry…and Team Tardy arrived at 1:17…in time to see their ferry leaving the dock. Despite our sadness that they didn’t wait for us, we enjoyed our 1.5 hour break, complete with ice cream and tree climbing. After the ferry we had to mount this HUGE bridge and it was not so bike friendly and I ended up getting my first flat. I had to bike about ½ mile on the flat in order to get off the bridge and find a place to change it. By this time it’s about 4pm and we still have 20+ miles to go. Unfortunately, Matthew got really dehydrated and we had to wait about 45 minutes for the van to come pick him up. The last 20 miles actually weren’t too bad and we rolled into ‘Camp Christian’ around 6:30pm. Thankfully we get to stay here for 2 days…build day tomorrow! My body needs a much deserved break. Some people are going to downtown Mobile but I think they’re crazy. I’m off to bed (it’s 8:30pm) for our 6am wake up call.
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