Long ride (89.4 miles) today over Silk Sheets (smooth rolls) like country lanes and Farm to Market (FM) roads. The distance was 50% greater than what we covered each of the three previous days but the route and modest pace were a real joy over the 9 hours that it took to complete the course including stops. The 3000 ft of climbing equaled the downhills.
We stopped in Carmine beside this little town park and enjoyed coffee brought to us by Gene, a local guy who Chandler, our mechanic, helped on a previous tour. We also had donuts brought to us by Bubba. From here we had to brave the shoulder and carefully cross a very busy US 290 before returning for the remainder of the day to quiet roads surrounded by fields of wildflowers.
We passed through Washigton County, the birthplace of Texas, and stopped for lunch on Academy Hill in the town of Independece. We learned that where we were picnicing was the original location of Baylor University, then known as Baylor Female Academy.
Our next stop was in Novasota to view a live sized statue of Texas Ranger Frank Hammer, best known as the one who stopped Bonnie and Clyde.
Last, another DQ obligatory chocolate shake before completing the final 20 miles to Mexican Hill Ranch just outside Richards.
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