The end of the bike tour - the beginning of Plan B

Okay - this sucks, but sometimes things suck - so you make adjustments and go on.

The Stoker is still in a fair amount of pain from his 'blown tire', which turned out to be several muscles that were pinching the sciatic nerve and causing him a lot pain. We were lucky that in Alabama there was a walk-in clinic that could provide some relief. We looked at the next leg of the journey and realized that because we were not camping, available lodging was about 80 and 90 miles apart through very small towns. This clearly gave us concern because we felt that we really wanted to keep the daily mileage down to 40 to 50. Ninety miles is a lot if you are being sagged but are really long if you are carrying your own gear.  Hence - Plan B.

Plan B was the back-up -  come back for the car and car-camp. We put Leonardo in a U-Haul and headed back to West Palm Beach. Leonardo is now on the back of our car and we will drive back to Alabama to pick up our route. We are not giving up the biking, but we recognize that we needed to modify how we take this trip. We will set up in an area we want to explore and take day trips out from there. There will be times we want to bike out  for  a week or a few days - but we will carry less gear, which will make it easier.

This was a very had decision for us. But we are very proud that we completed 800 miles self-supported - and made it out of Florida! So we will continue to travel but with less consecutive days of biking - but the point was and is the adventure.  So we...


 Ride On!