April 27 & April 28 - One Day in Two

We left Lockhart at the normal time on April 27 - about 7ish AM.  All was normal - cool in the morning and no wind.  We rode through downtown Lockhart and we all wished we had known about it the night before...and that weren't so tired the night before.  It is a cool old downtown with a lot of shops and stuff to look through.  Oh well, maybe another time.

The wind picked up about the time we hit Kyle, TX.  We spent a little time in Kyle.  Our Kyle took some pictures - one was in front of the Kyle City Police Department.  I went inside to see if they had any badges we could have and the cool officer in there gave me three Kyle PD badges and made Kyle an honorary deputy.  We all wore them with pride.  Kyle has pictures.

The wind picked up and so did the hills.  We were invited to dinner at the Comfort Baptist Church at 6pm so we had to cut the day a little short in order to make dinner.  The Church cooks dinner for local families every Wednesday and this week they had spaghetti with chicken in a white sauce, lettuce salad, garlic bread and desserts.  We did not go home hungry and the company was great.  The Pastor has been at the Church for 30 years and had a lot of stories about Texas and the town.  The people were all very friendly and I think everyone was glad we made the decision to stop riding at 70 miles.

April 28
Shannon, Kyle and I got up at the normal time and Bill got us to the place we stopped yesterday by about 7:05AM.  We started riding and it was a little chilly and calm - perfect weather for Shane.  The hills were there but they didn't seem as bad without the wind.  funny, huh.!?

During the ride, a deer jumped across the road in front of me and then I heckled it until it finally cleared the fence.  I saw movement on the hill and saw about 30 more deer running to my left.  Then I saw three more running to my right.  It was really cool to see them alive instead of smell them as road kill.  We did see one road kill deer a little later.  It must have been hit by a semi-truck as it was in two pieces and very mangled.

I also saw this old house and these cool sheep.  The house is made from Texas Limestone and I think looks pretty neat.

We finished the 30 miles in under two hours then showered, did laundry and cleaned the bikes which left a very lazy afternoon.  At about 4ish we walked around downtime just in time to see it rolled up at 5pm. 

Now, Mona is making another good smelling meal and learning how to make creamed peas.

Oh yeah.  Remember the Lady, Karen, who made us the sign and hung it along the highway as we entered Lockhart?  Her Daughter sent Shannon and email and she lives in Lakeside near where we are ending in San Diego!  Coincidence?  I think not!  We are all looking forward to meeting her on May 21 near the Roller Coaster on the beach.  Way Cool!!!!!!