Fini

It was a damp, foggy but uneventful ride to the finish in Amarillo, TX. The route was pretty featureless and long turn less stretches of the road. To pass time Susan and the six of us riding together formed a revolving pace line. Like the name suggests the cyclists form two lines and revolve in a clock wise circle. The line on the right slows back and the one on the left “revolves” on rider at a time ahead of the right line. It sure did help pass the time.

At mile 26 we stopped for a break at the Cadillac Ranch where there are a few old cars buried in the ground. It broke the montony of riding long flat stretch of the road. After that Bonnie, Jim and I started back slowly through the outskirts of the town with a short stop in old town Amarillo for lunch.

We finished riding around 1:30 and then it was time to pack the bicycles for a flight back.

Later in the evening we had a group dinner at the Big Texan famous for its 72 oz stakes. This was followed by a wonderful slide show Susan put together from the pictures of the trip. It brought back some good memories. At the end of each tour, Lon auctions the map he marks each day with progress for charity (mostly their Peru & Africa projects). I won the bid and got the map as a gift for Jim since we have done 3 of these trips together.

Now off for another night of rest and then fly back home tomorrow.

PS, I’ll post an epilogue in a day or two with post thoughts.