Today was the rest day for the tour and I had taken a hotel
room with Ken C. So I wound up sleeping
in or at least until 7:30 AM. Ken was
asleep so I quietly let myself out and went off to find breakfast. I first ran into Earnie. Jos
and I walked downtown before we found a coffee place. There we joined Tom R and Auzzie Bob for
coffee and a bagel.
On the way back Jos and I found a bike shop and who can
resist? I wound up buying a couple of
new tires. I have one spare which has a
few miles on it. Could be as much as 1000 as I can’t really remember. The tour
bike mechanics have had a run on tires and I heard them saying to one of the
riders that the only tires they have left are 700 x 28 and it was some sort of Panaracer
and they wanted $85 for it. The bike
store only had one Gator skin and an assortment of other Continental tires but
no pairs. They did have a good selection
of Specialized tires and so I grabbed a pair of Roubaix Endurance tires. They are alleged to be very puncture
resistant. We will see.
By time we got back it was after 10:00 am and time to get on
with chores. Cleaning bike drying the
tent out and sorting of gear.
Ken and I went to a Chinese Buffet which was across the
street for lunch which was pretty good and while were there a tour bus of
Chinese came in for lunch so we figured we were in the right place.
There was a big sign in the window declaring that the food contained no
MSG. Hopefully this is true as that
stuff makes my eyes so puffy.
Ken and I walked downtown and were amazed how many tourists
were wandering the streets. The t-shirt
shops are doing a roaring business. We
also walked through the historic Wort hotel and looked at all of the western
art and mounted heads. Kind of reminds
me of the guy in Beauty and the Beast who did all of his decorating with
antlers.
Tonight we are being shuttled out to the Jackson Science
Center which is where the rest of the tour is camped. It is quite a long way
out of town. I understand that it is
some sort of private residential school for K-12. Quite a way to raise your child. Just send
them away.
Tomorrow is another hundred mile day with a big climb in the
middle. Hopefully the wind which is
currently blowing out of the west continues and we have a good day.
Terry
Terry - Tom Curry here. Sorry to have missed you when I left, but so appreciate you taking the time to download your pictures on to my flashdrive. Ed ( or Bob or whatever his made up name is) gave it to me at the Science Center. Great memories and many pictures of people from the group that I did not have photographs of. Hope to see you again some time on another tour. When I get a few minutes today after clearing up some of the 200+ work e-mails that seemed to have appeared in my mailbox over the past 2 weeks....I will read your blog in more detail. If you want to write any time my e-mail is tcstreamlight@sbcglobal.net Safe journey across the U.S. Look forward to watching the progress on your blog.
ReplyDeleteBest regards,
Tom