DAY 2 - SOMERVILLE, TX TO BRYAN, TX

Mileage - 42.2 miles; Total Mileage - 79.2 miles

Margarita Count - still 2, plus 2 shots of Tequila in camp

No liquor stores again today - the margarita count is going to be lackluster this trip. C'est la vie. 

Today was a good day on the bike with a few bumps in the road. I am happy to say we made it all the way until today before going off route! 

We had a small first breakfast in camp today because we knew we only had 8 miles to Mama's Kitchen in Somerville. We had a great home-cooked second breakfast at Mama's Kitchen that got us well down the road. Callie was a great waitress and you'll get a great breakfast if you happen to be in Somerville. 

After we left Somerville, I had routed us on FM 60 to take us northeast towards Bryan. Unfortunately, there was construction and the road had no shoulder. They are widening the 2-lane country FM road into a 4-lane road as it is a straight shot to Bryan and College Station from Somerville. 

Dave did his super re-routing routine and found a couple of smaller county roads that would get us to Bryan that held more promise for less traffic and saner riding. He hit it out of the park!

We saw lots of oil fields with tank farms and almost everything we saw was pumping today. It was a day of rolling pastures, cattle, and oil wells. We also started to see a few fields of corn today. Wildflowers were abundant - we saw mostly Indian paintbrush and primrose. There were a few areas of bluebonnets and we're hoping to see more the next few days. 

 

We got to our campsite at Lake Bryan a little before 5pm. Dave scoped out the facilites and we found they have restrooms but no showers. Bummer! But there is a lake. It is still cold this time of year but it worked wonders for washing the grit, sweat, and sunscreen off. Once I got in and became numb from the cold, it didn't feel half bad! Elie, me and Dave after our "bath" in the lake. 

Because of the re-route, we didn't have our planned stop for getting dinner to take to camp. We did have a great convenience store where we could get provisions for tomorrow morning's breakfast and snacks. We were also able to buy a variety of adult beverages of the beer and wine variety. We all brought something good to camp to go with our freeze-dried meals and promised we'd have a real dinner tomorrow in Rockdale!

We had a beautiful sunset over the lake this evening as we ate dinner. We are looking forward to another great ride tomorrow. Can't wait to see what it has in store for us!