We started out right after sunrise today in an attempt to beat the heat. The route we are following to Savannah is following the general route that General Sherman took during the civil war after burning Atlanta and trying to bring the south to it's knees (he succeeded). It was a total adventure today. We decided to follow the Garmin to our planned destination of Louisville, Georgia and the Garmin quickley took us down a beautiful cycling road that unfortunately became a gravel and dirt road after 3 miles of rollers. We were forced to turn around and choose a different route. There was a lot of climbing today, indeed Betsy posed a new question for the trip near the end of the day - - "How can everything possibly be uphill?" After near
70 miles and temperatures of 95 to 100 degrees and 90% humidity we finally arrived at our planned hotel, the only one in town - The Motor Inn in Louisville. The room did not look too bad - however the first clue that there was trouble was when I looked for ice I was told they "had to go get some and it would be awhile", then we found that the air conditioner was blowing only warm/hot air. When we brought this to managements attention they offered to move us to a different room though the only room available was smoking. We decided to reload the trailer - get back on the bike and move on down the road to Wadley a meer 13 miles down the road. The hotel here is wonderful - everything the one in Louisville was not. It was certainly worth the ride despite the 100 degree temp and humidity. Total mileage today was 80 miles. We plan an early start once again the morning as we continue.
70 miles and temperatures of 95 to 100 degrees and 90% humidity we finally arrived at our planned hotel, the only one in town - The Motor Inn in Louisville. The room did not look too bad - however the first clue that there was trouble was when I looked for ice I was told they "had to go get some and it would be awhile", then we found that the air conditioner was blowing only warm/hot air. When we brought this to managements attention they offered to move us to a different room though the only room available was smoking. We decided to reload the trailer - get back on the bike and move on down the road to Wadley a meer 13 miles down the road. The hotel here is wonderful - everything the one in Louisville was not. It was certainly worth the ride despite the 100 degree temp and humidity. Total mileage today was 80 miles. We plan an early start once again the morning as we continue.
(Richard) Born and raised in the South, I am genetically predisposed to hate Gen. Sherman; in fact, his arc of devastation of property made a point, accelaerated the end of CWI, and thus preclude some great measure of further carnage. Got to give the guy props for audacity, effectiveness, and cutting loose from the Washington bureaucracy (hence, the effectiveness). Gen. Pershing had somewhat the same idea. Had Wilson been a bit more reality-oriented and let Pershing loose, WWII might have never been. Oh well.... In any case, hoisting a G&T in your honor, hoping this Excellent Adventure coming to an end is merely the prelude to another.
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