Greetings from Dallas! I can't believe I'm here already. We are 1/3 of the way done...1200 miles out of 3600. Crazy. Texas is turning into the Texas I expected - hot and flat. Our ride into Dallas was pretty uneventful besides my flat tire at lunch. We got to ride through downtown Dallas which was cool but busy. Tomorrow we have a build day which will be a nice break.
Yesterday was quite the day. It was our first crazy Texan thunderstorm. About 1 mile after lunch the heavens opened up. A few of us found a shack on the side of the road to take cover in. Unfortunately it was near a radio tower that kept getting hit by the lightening so we had to wait over an hour for the storm to die down. While we were huddled for warmth in this shack, other lucky people had found heated warehouses and friendly retirement homes to wait out the storm. Because of the setback we arrived at our host location in Athens, TX a little late and had to eat dinner and give a presentation in our bike gear. We felt bad because we smelled so awful but the parishioners were so nice and the food was amazing. Not to mention the big screen tv, couches and pool table we got to use.
Randoms:
*We stayed on Lover's Lane last night...it really exists!
*I'm determined to find a street sign named after me somewhere...so far I've seen a gardening store called Caitlin's Cottage (in LA) and in downtown Dallas today I saw Catalina's Cycles for motorcycles. There has got to be a Caitlin Ann Lane somewhere, don't you think?? :)
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