Slept very well last night and woke up to the sound of a good rain pattering on the tents. It sounded good to lie there and simply listen to it. At about dawn the rain stopped and we all got up, shook out as much water as we could and packed up our soggy tents.
Breakfast in the high school gym was the typical eggs and pancakes … didn’t eat much, not too hungry. It was still drizzling when we climbed on our bikes for the ride across the border and the rain began again in earnest soon into the ride. We rode in the rain probably the first third of the way and it felt good. There were only a couple of hills on this leg, and with a brisk south wind we made good time through pretty country.
At the state line we stopped for the obligatory pictures, and then we flew into Baxter Springs on the tailwind with the best average speed of the trip. Stopping at the High School on the north side of town, we changed into civies and grabbed another cheeseburger.
My son Ted showed up at about 1 pm, not long after we had finished out last Freewheel meeting of the trip. The ride back to OKC was a really crowed trip with all 5 of us in that little pickup. We dropped off Paul and Jim in the city, headed on to Ardmore to drop off Ted, then Glenn and I sped back to Altus, getting there around 11:30 that night. Freewheel 2006 was history!
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I am glad to have you back home with me again.
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