After the stresses of yesterday today has been a pleasure. After a brief shower at about 5am the weather, although threatening rain early slowly improved all day. We had a lazyish start as we all knew we only had 30km to cover before the half way celebrations in Marathon, planned for 1030am.
A slow ride meant we got to Marathon at about 9.30 and had an hour to kill so we did a bit of shopping and hit the coffee shops before heading to Pebble Beach where Erin and Matt, our crew, had knocked up some sandwiches, cookies and ice cream. The grub went down really well, there were the usual group photos to celebrate the half way point and then in dribs and drabs we all moved off.
I spent the rest of the ride either on my own or with Simo, Jody and Carol as we just bumbled along at about 30km/hr, there was no point in hurrying as we only had 50km to go and it was only mid day.
The ride had its challenges though as we came across a number of stiff climbs and long winding descents.
I got into camp at about 2.30 and have spent the afternoon catching up on sitting still and relaxing, much needed after yesterday’s long day.
Dinner tonight was Spaghetti and very nice indeed. The campsite is nestled in amongst trees and a lake and again thankfully Mozzy free so very pleasant.
Today is my third day on the trot without mobile phone access and the second without internet. I hope when we get to the motel in Wawa tomorrow I will be able to contact home and update the blogs. Apparently we are three to a room! The ride itself is not too bad, relatively flat compared to the last few days and only 88 miles.
Onwards and Upwards!
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