Gil's Cliff Notes: (sent 6/14, 8:16 pm)
Today was helmet decoration day. I added some "enhancements" to my helmet - namely a tail [Enlarge/click on picture above to view; he is now bald with a ponytail. -Jean]. Not a real tail. Most riders participated in this event and some were very creative. My favorite was Jim's. He'd fastened his old bike seat on top of his helmet. Pretty cool. We made it into Indiana and a new time zone. Ride was somewhat boring and the temperature rose into the mid 90's. The wind still isn't blowing the way it is supposed to but at least today it wasn't as bad as yesterday. The aero-bars worked very well. Clearly increased speed about a mile an hour, hands didn't tingle, fairly comfortable position to ride in, didn't have any soreness in arms, didn't take any Aleve and most importantly, I look like a real bike rider. Had lunch at a nice little restaurant at mile 58 in a little town after Covington. A great little all American place. Interviewed a couple tables of local folk. What fun. Arrived at Holiday Inn at 2:45 PM. On way to room across courtyard passed by pool and other riders and decided since I'd sent swimsuit home to just immediately jump in. [He really did send the swimsuit home. With the gun, I believe. I guess they were just taking up too much room 
and weight in his luggage. Nylon (?) shorts are heavy! -Jean] It just looked so good. After emptying my jersey pockets I did. Eliminated the need to shower and wash clothes. This could become standard operating procedure. Sat in chair by pool to dry off. Butt still tender but better today. Tomorrow's ride is only 67 miles, but it is supposed to be hot.Jean's just happy that he jumped in fully clothed instead of getting around the swimsuit issue some other way. Since he called late tonight - we were out and he's no longer behind us time-wise, which helps us but not him - he said not to take any notes and just to use his emailed cliff notes.
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