Day 23, May 13, 2014

The good news about today's ride was there were far fewer dogs.  The bad news was the eastern counties of Alabama clearly had fewer highway dollars to spend on roads; the road surfaces were horrible.  Jere stopped several times to let air out of his tires to try and soften the ride.  The weather heated up to the mid nineties, clear skies, slight headwind breeze.  We left the hotel without the Kiwis today and the Pa. Posse rode together and alone at the forefront all day.  As we get closer to the end of the trip, we all hope the rides will get easier, but there is no let up.  We hit some brutal uphill grades with 5 miles left in the day.  After 100 miles, all you want is a downhill into the hotel.  When we finally arrived at the bridge to carry us into Georgia and Columbus, with one mile to the hotel, there was a detour sign at the bridge.  It didn't take long before we decided; "screw that, we're going through".  We crossed the bridge without incident and pulled up to the first outdoor dining area we saw.  After ordering and getting our beer, we realized we were actually at our hotel, we were done; another 114 miles in the log book.