Nothing like a little cajun...
Greetings,
Well, we successfully navigated through Houston by taking what is referred to as "farm road 1960." This "farm road" did happen to go near several farms, but quickly turned into the largest 9 lane "farm road" I had ever seen. I decided that this was not, and should not be referred to as a "farm road," this was in fact what I would call a "freeway." Houston is the 3rd largest city in the United states, and we rode 40 miles through it in just the suburbs alone... Interestingly, somewhere near Houston it seems as if we changed countries... All of a sudden trees began to grow, cacti (cactus for plural?) started to disappear, and we found ourselves in the "South." There have been several clues that have helped us realize this:
Before the South vs. The South
Desert vs. Swamp
Flash Flood Signs vs. Hurricane Evacuation Route Signs
Cactus vs. Trees
Ghost Towns vs. Churches
Taquerias vs. Fast Food Chains
The final realization that we were in the south occurred when I woke up to a live gospel sermon in our motel this morning, which I listened to and enjoyed as I checked my e-mail. The change in scenery is nice after having accomplished the last 1800 miles.
Currently, we are in Beaumont, TX. After navigating through Houston, we decided that instead of taking a full day off to let the legs heal, that we would feel better doing two easy days of 50 miles. This has allowed us to prepare ourselves for the next couple hundred mile stretch that will lead us to Baton Rouge, LA. We have about 1,100 miles to go until we reach Miami, and hope to be there, and back to the west coast by the first week in March. If things continue to go well, and we get some good wind, we will be on the beach before you know it...
Have a wonderful day, and we will post again shortly. Until then, Louisiana here we come...
Kevin
Well, we successfully navigated through Houston by taking what is referred to as "farm road 1960." This "farm road" did happen to go near several farms, but quickly turned into the largest 9 lane "farm road" I had ever seen. I decided that this was not, and should not be referred to as a "farm road," this was in fact what I would call a "freeway." Houston is the 3rd largest city in the United states, and we rode 40 miles through it in just the suburbs alone... Interestingly, somewhere near Houston it seems as if we changed countries... All of a sudden trees began to grow, cacti (cactus for plural?) started to disappear, and we found ourselves in the "South." There have been several clues that have helped us realize this:
Before the South vs. The South
Desert vs. Swamp
Flash Flood Signs vs. Hurricane Evacuation Route Signs
Cactus vs. Trees
Ghost Towns vs. Churches
Taquerias vs. Fast Food Chains
The final realization that we were in the south occurred when I woke up to a live gospel sermon in our motel this morning, which I listened to and enjoyed as I checked my e-mail. The change in scenery is nice after having accomplished the last 1800 miles.
Currently, we are in Beaumont, TX. After navigating through Houston, we decided that instead of taking a full day off to let the legs heal, that we would feel better doing two easy days of 50 miles. This has allowed us to prepare ourselves for the next couple hundred mile stretch that will lead us to Baton Rouge, LA. We have about 1,100 miles to go until we reach Miami, and hope to be there, and back to the west coast by the first week in March. If things continue to go well, and we get some good wind, we will be on the beach before you know it...
Have a wonderful day, and we will post again shortly. Until then, Louisiana here we come...
Kevin
posted by KevinDean @ 6:10 PM
4 Comments:
I love checking in on your progress, don't know any of your personally .. but I'm so proud and in awe of what you're doing. I teach 2nd grade in Salem and share your progress with my class. We're all praying for your safe journey.
Greetings,
Made it through the last "big" town you will see for awhile - glad you made it.
Plans are moving forward for Founders Day with an expectation that you three will be joining us at the winery on the 9th. Oh, if we could pull this off it would make for a fab night. We could even use "come and meet the three football players who biked across the country" as an advertisement to get more Alumni to join us.
Be well, enjoy every minute, thanks for all you are doing.
Phi Alpha,Rob
Were you by chance on a "FM" road? We had a ton of those in South Texas (McAllen-Brownsville area)...I learned that they stood for Farm-to-Market road....yes, they can be pretty big!
i love your updates, kevin. you have a knack for writing- very entertaining and well written :-) you should make these into a book later. such great experiences and memories for such a great cause. congrats on all you guys have accomplished so far and good luck with the rest of the ride!
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