Saturday, June 2, 2007

Day 3 - An Unplanned Short Day

Well, with the way I felt the night before, We decided to make this day a bit shorter. We established that 60 miles would be enough. However, this would require us to make up the 65 other ones planned for this day on the other days of the week. Off we went nonetheless!
A short way out of town we came across this house with very interesting lawn fixtures (I use this word because I don't know what the proper name is).

The day was nice with calm winds, low and polite traffic, and short distances between cities (this means frequent stops!) We made our 2nd breakfast stop at DQ (yes for the second day straight!) and made our way to the next city where we crossed the Little Ocmulgee River for the final time and so we decided to take a picture of it.

I found this sign and was quite relieved to find out where this horribly vengeful man lives!!!

For the first three days we have been passed over and over by these trucks carrying long pine logs. We have not seen where they were coming or where they were going until today. They are making what seems like telephone poles and there were thousands of them waiting to be made and even more thousands already made. This was neat to see.

We reached Perry, GA at about 2:30 and took a dip cool refreshing dip in the pool. We consumed (painfully still) some roasted chickens and rice and then embarked on a frustrating journey. I needed to return my broken camera to Best Buy. It didn't take as long as I had imagined and but were to the Park much too late to afford any blogging time (SORRY!). I was still running a fever so again early to bed because we needed to make some miles tomorrow!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the link to your blog.
Sounds like you need to pick up more bike tires, just kidding.
Hope your feeling better and can contiune on your trip.

Carrie said...

Hey, it's nice to hear the details of your trip--you're a great writer!

Anonymous said...

Hey Mr. Hyink! ( and Abby too!), This is awesome to be able to hear all bout your trip and see some pics along the way! I will pray that you will feel better and be able to keep trudging on this week. And of course, be praying for your safety as well.
Well I should head off for tonight! I hope that Sunday can be a refreshing day to regain your stength :D
In Christ, Heather Mathews