"Trust Me, I've Gone This Way Before..."

And so it was, with that line, we followed Sarah ona small adventure along one of the busiest highways in Texas.

I-10 Is the East-West highway that spans the entire state of Texas, not to mention, it connects the east shore of Florida, by Jacksonville, and the West coast of California. On Sunday, Sarah, Amanda and I ventured on what was to be a 65 mile ride though West Houston. About ten miles in, we hit a wall of wind that I had not ridden in for over two years. As we trudged through this headwind, the best we could ask for was a brief respite vis a vis a cross wind. about 35 miles in, we hit the rest stop that sits just north of I-10. When we talked to the people working at the rest stop, they told us that the best we could expect was a tailwind for the last 7 miles. That meant another 30 more miles of 30 mph winds in our face. It was at this junction that we had been through enough.

Sarah suggested we just take the feed road home. She claimed it was only 15 miles of uninterrupted roadway ( lie--she didn't really know, it turned out to be 20 miles, but she was close). Amanda was scared about the high speed traffic that would be sharing the road with us, but that fear was not as bad as dealing with the wind for another 30 miles. Sarah assured us that she had done it before (another lie) and that it wasn't a problem since we could stay on the feeder the entire time(another lie).

Well, about 5 miles down the road, after we bid adieu to the suckers who continued along the route, we hit the dead end. The only solution, riding or walking on the shoulder of I-10 until the next exit. That was the last time we trust Sarah to tell us a new route.

Gator Raslin'

As you all know, the MS 150 season starts in January and runs through the Spring right up to the MS 150. The MS Society puts out a lsit of Recommended Rides, whcih are pretty well organized and supported rides. Each of these rides has a $20-$30 entry fee. All of the have a day of registration fee that is $5-$10 more than the early rgistration. This has been aptly called the "Sleeping In Option Fee"

This past Saturday, with Amanda at work, Sarah and I decided to head out to Baytown for the ride known as the Gator Bike. Because we decided late Friday to do the ride, the sleeping in option was still in play. Well, I woke up about 15 minutes late. apparently, someone, maybe a ghost, maybe the dog, turned off my alarm. No, it wasn't just turned down, the alarm was off. Fortunately, I got dressed pretty quickly and beat Sarah's desire to go back to bed and dragged her out to he ride, which worked out.

The weather was great. very little wind and lots of sun without too much heat. And since we started late, all we ahd to do was just pass people. No getting caught in big crowds. The only thing we had to battle was refinery fumes, which are delicious.
I highly recommend that....almost as much as westling with alligators.