It was dark, warm and humid (67° & 95% humidity) when we emerged from our motel room this morning.  The forecast was for hot, so we wanted an early start, but in reality someone was hoping to go further than the planned 50 miles.  The highway was quiet as usual for a Sunday morning, though we still had ample shoulder.  Once again, there was not a lot to see (other than the changing morning sky), but we’d settled nicely into riding the slightly rolling hills.  The breeze we created from pedaling was easily cooling the moisture on our skin,  it wasn’t quite this cool, though the sun did stay behind the clouds until well after nine.

Shortly after 11:00, we reached the edge of the town where we’d originally planned to stay.  An early lunch and rest was in order, plus we had to plan our route from here; after all, it was too early to stop.  When we left from lunch, it was still cool (82°) in the shade, but out on the highway the sun was hot and the traffic had picked up.  A quick turn on to a country road and quiet (and farms) returned.  Though it was hot and we were tiring, we still were enjoying the ride today, but we were more than happy it did not last any longer than 67 miles.

Our twenty extra miles was motivated by the Thai restaurant conveniently located across the street from the hotel.  Little did we know, they are closed on Sunday.  We settled for Chinese and were looking forward to a good night’s sleep.