February 2023

Stats  Day 31 feb 27. 55 miles 6:30 75 degrees, some wind, hilly, tired legs, end in Round Top TX Day 32 feb 28.  45 miles 5:00 83 degrees, no cars or dogs, medium hills. End in Bastrop TX Day 33 Mar 1.  42 miles 4:15. 76 degrees cloudy, not too hilly, lots of traffic,  2 dogs, 2 statues end Austin […]

Stats Day 30 feb 26. 45 miles 5:00. 82 degrees, hot wind, quite hilly. End in Navasota TX Day 31 feb 27. 55 miles 6:30 75 degrees, some wind, hilly, tired legs, end in Round Top TX Total miles finished 1332. 46% finished I spent some time today thinking about what I think about while riding. I was completely packed

Stats Day 28 feb 24.  50 miles 4:13. 80 degrees and muggy, flat, 3 dogs, horn worked, great road, end in Shepherd,TX Day 29 feb 25. 58 miles  6:35  80 degrees, good roads, 8 dogs, one twice- backtrack. End Huntsville TX Total miles finished 1232. 41% finished You may be wondering why I do this, so here goes: I

Stats Day 26 feb 22.   43 miles 4:30. Strong wind, rain, first half no traffic, second sharing 2 lane with semis, 11 dogs, horn worked end in Kirbyville Day 27 feb 23.  42 miles 4:00 82 degrees but wide shoulder, no wind or rain end in Kountze TX Total miles finished 1124 I finally, my last night in

Stats Day 24 feb 20.  36 miles 4:00 big headwinds, slow going, almost all dirt road. 12 dogs, end in oberlin LA Day 25 feb 21.  38 miles 4:00 gusty headwinds, rolling hills, no dogs end in DeRidder LA Total miles 1039   35%  finished More headwinds today, but not constant, just gusty. One straight road to ride with

Stats Day 22 feb 18. 52 miles 4:47 beautiful cool day 50 degrees, half in traffic, end in Marksville LA. 7 dogs today ( the dachshund was the only easy one to outrun) Day 23 feb 19.  38 miles 4:00  5-10 knot headwind beautiful country roads, over 20 dogs end in Ville Platte LA Total miles 965 

Stats Day 20 feb 16    0 miles, rest and restock day, Baton Rouge  Day 21 feb 17. 46 miles, 15 mph headwind first 42 miles. Hard. End in New Roads LA  Running total 875 Well, I’m west of the Mississippi. Today was only 46 miles but the first 42 were into a steady 15

Stats Day 18 feb 14.  42 miles 4:14 hot, levy for 32 miles, then tailwind, end Gonzales LA Day 19 feb 15.  32 miles 3:30 all in traffic, ready for a break day end Baton Rouge LA Running total 829 “There’s no there there” is a favorite quote from Gertrude Stein. My feeling about my leg muscles this morning.

Stats Day 16 feb 12. 32 miles 3:20 cold but sunny, bridge out, to ride around- saved 55 miles end in Chalmette LA Day 17 feb 13. 50 miles 5:20 sunny, warm, urban, traffic, then last 35 miles on levee trail end in La Place LA Running total 755    25% finished “Discretion is the better part of valor”

Stats Day 15 feb 11. 60 miles 6:40. First 4 hours hard cold rain, then strong wind and ice crystals blowing.  Running total 673 Yesterday there was too much rain to get the phone out for a picture of the Welcome to Mississippi sign, so either I get it from the western border or not at