Another detour

With the weather forecast for the local area predicting strong winds, thunderstorms and possible tornadoes we rode out early yesterday. Less than 20 miles into the ride we encountered another detour and had to spend an hour by the side of the road waiting for our tour leaders so approve an alternate route in the van. After we got the go ahead I found the directions for the reconnect to our designated route ambiguous and ended up spending another hour and an extra 10 miles trying to get back on track. By this time dark clouds had invaded the sky overhead and wind gusts were accompanied by splatterings of rain....and I still had 35 to 40 miles to go. With one eye on the sky over my right shoulder I continued on, never getting drenched but a bit apprehensive. I had my eye out for places to take shelter if a real storm seemed imminent. At times the wind blew in strong gusts, pushing me around on the road, but in the end the weather passed off to the north and I finished the ride dripping with sweat due to the humidity but not soaked by rain.
Last night was another of those nights when despite being bone weary (or maybe because of being bone weary) I was unable to sleep. I got up this morning intending to make the 68 mile ride but realized I was too tired to be out there on a bicycle. So I saw this leg of the ride through Mississippi through the window of the van instead of from my perch on my bicycle. Tomorrow we ride out to Dauphin Island where we will have an official rest day. The weather for the days ahead looks beautiful so we should have a fun time at the beach!