Done!

The riding part of the tour came to an end today as we rode to the beach in St. Augustine and dipped our front tires into the Atlantic. We have a celebration dinner at a restaurant near our hotel tonight to say our goodbyes and then tomorrow morning we all go our separate ways. For me endings and goodbyes are always a challenge. All the hoopla seems a bit too much to me. While I feel extraordinarily lucky to have had the opportunity to make this journey and have enjoyed so many aspects of it.....the comaraderie, the day by day close up views of the southern part of the US, the exhilaration of feeling such confidence in my strong body.....I hardly feel heroic. Lucky! Just really lucky!
And I am ready to go home and reclaim my daily life, build up my gardens for the coming season, get my grill set up on my deck, reconnect with family and friends, and yes....head out on my bicycle to enjoy some of the challenging rides in the Bekshires that I have not done for the past few years. Life is good!

One more detail I forgot....on our entire journey across the US we never rode in the rain! Amazing!