Day 28 - Edna to Freeport
Day 15 of 17 Days of Texas. Still in Texas. I started out by myself, Bob caught up to me about 20 miles into the day. The wind wasn’t too strong and the terrain was fairly flat all the way to checkpoint. Since it was Sunday, there were a lot of locals out on the road, most of them were pulling boats. This was the only day in Texas where the car drivers were upset with us – we were yelled at more than once as they were getting to their recreation areas. I had expected more rude behavior on other days, when instead most times even the cars coming toward us from the opposite direction pulled over onto their shoulder to give us more room.
After the checkpoint at a small gas/food mart, the wind got stronger, so I rode behind Bob, having a big wind block sure makes the miles go faster. He also eats more than I do (a lot more), but its a reminder for me to eat something, even if its bad gas station food, because food might not be there when you need it. That was true again today, according to the DRG there should have been services the last miles before camp, which was not true, so we ended up backtracking to another bad gas/food mart for a horrible prepackaged sandwich.
Tonight’s camp is in a county park right on the Gulf, its pretty cool. We walked over to dinner, a small restaurant on an inlet to the Gulf. Most of the riders went over early for happy hour. Bob and I had a seat on the edge, it was so relaxing to watch the water with a drink in hand. I love to watch the water. The food was pretty good, they had Jimmy Buffett playing and I stayed late talking to Michael. It was a nice night.
89.7 miles