Beating the rain

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We got up early this morning to beat the rain. Cooked oatmeal for breakfast, it was good. We had ham with beans last night, they were great, Sam had been crying about them being in his bags for the past three days. We were all packed up and ready to go when we heard thunder and saw some lighting. Sam got on line and the storm was moving NE from us and moving fast. We waited about 20 minutes and left out. We were spit on very slighty and missed the rain all morning. We rode on the Hawthorn trail, this remindes me of the Katy trail but paved, this was the best ride on the trip. The temp was 68' with a following breeze and a paved path, what more could one want. We rode downtown Gainsville and ended up staying at a Holiday Inn. The price was $109.00 + tax, with Bob working on them we ended up paying only $75.00. Bob is good! This was a short day because of the rain. We got some laundry done, everything is clean. I also found a bike shop. As it turns out my rear derailur bracket was bent causing some problems. He worked on several things and it cost only $30.00, not bad😊 We will need to leave early in the am to beat the college traffic so we will start out about 7:00. Still a dream realized😊

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