May 4, 2011
Statesboro, GA to Augusta, GA
After a wonderful evening and presentation with Dr. Randy and wife Sandy Smith and their friends from church and work Martina and I got a great night of sleep in their home. When we woke up in the morning the temperature was in the 60s, it was overcast and raining lightly. Cold yuky weather to start our day. We were on the road by 7:15 AM. We knew we had 80 plus miles to cover. Martina does a great job of finding back roads so that we can ride through farm country. The down side of that is people let their dogs run free. So when I ride by they love to chase me and bark and growl. So what Martina does is that she looks for the dogs before I arrive and then she slows down and ride beside the van using it as a shield from the dogs. It works most of the time. But today one came after me, and it had part pit bull in him. He was big strong fast and mean. I screamed and yelled at him, but he didn’t care. So I took my bottle of Gatorade and squirted him in the face. That shocked him and he backed off. Maybe I have started something here. Now Gatorade can market itself as a deterrent to mean dogs. I hope I get a cut of the sales. Besides mean dogs I fought a strong breeze blowing against me all day. Sometimes I was pedaling so hard and then I would look at the ground and it was barely moving past me. Discouraging! Once again I want to sing my praises of the very small Baptist churches that seem to be everywhere in the southeast, way out in the most remote locations. I don’t know how they survive but I’m sure glad they do. Because quite often they are the ones providing me with a shade tree or front porch to rest and have lunch. See today’s pictures. We arrived this evening after pedaling 81 miles at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in downtown Augusta. Praise God, they have a parking lot. Pastor David Hunter greeted us warmly and showed us around and made sure we have all we need for a restful night. God is good, all the time!
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