Day 29: Sat., Minden-Monroe 81 mi.

This is a delayed entry because I had trouble signing into my blog over the weekend. We lucked out today. There was a large front spreading rain across the area and there were even tornados further east in Alabama. We were expecting significant rain. It had rained heavily during the night until the early morning hours. But when we got up there was some sun peaking out. But as we headed out, packed for any eventuality, it clouded up. As we have had all week long, there were headwinds and continuing 'rollers' such that we climbed about 2,500'today. We encountered bridge construction only 8 miles from our destination and had to double back and be diverted onto I-20 for a few miles. Over all that added 6 mi to the day. At the motel we had our weekly bike cleaning and I found my rear tire was flat with a tiny wire imbedded, undoubtedly acquired during that brief diversion onto the interstate. But we had remained dry, but it started to sprinkle just as we started our bike cleaning. We were grateful as the rain began to come down harder and we were dry and at our destination.