Thursday, November 24, 2011

November 18th: Day 15

Long Beach, MS to Gautier, MS (Shepard State Park)
37.5 miles in 4 hours, 52 minutes of riding.

We ended up taking yesterday off because we had gotten a couple of offers on our condo and we wanted to be able to respond immediately. Of course it didn't hurt that there was a 25 mph headwind!

Most of this morning was spent riding along the boardwalk/sidewalk. We went by many casinos and over several bridges (along the coast there aren't any hills but you can guarantee they'll be at least one tall bridge to go up everyday!) the sidewalks themselves were interesting because they have so much damage from storms we would have to stop regularly to go around the damage. The alternative was riding on the road but with no shoulder we decided the sidewalk was a better option.

It was cold most of the day - we ended up stopping at a Starbucks to get hot drinks to warm up! We stayed in a State campground that was pretty nice although we've found that with all of the budget cuts most of them are poorly run and not kept up. We hope that they don't get so run down that they have to be closed.

No comments:

Post a Comment