Thursday Report

Red Mountain SP to a KOA outside Calhoun, GA. 40 miles today, and they seemed easy, but weren't. Sixteen miles into the almost unfixable bike disaster fell: Caitlyn's chain popped into the spokes,shearing off the heads of six spokes.Yikes. PJC trued up and retentioned the wheel as well as could be, then we unloaded the bike as much as possible, and off we ran. Adairsville had no shop, so we hoped for help in Calhoun. We rolled on gingerly but quickly, outhustling a thunderstorm into town. In Calhoun we found a part-time shop run by Marcus, a former racer and great mechanic, who rebuilt the wheel, fixed up the bike, and had to be forced to take payment. Restored, we made it to our goal, the KOA outside Calhoun, and cooked up our dinner. An on-site petting zoo, including llamas, goats, peacocks, and roosters, tickled us all. 40 miles: easy roads but riding challenges.

--PJClements