Day 5: Sweet Tea Never Tasted So Good

Best Western breakfast has nothing on a B&B, but it works. I realized post shower last night I have what bikers apparently call 'monkey butt' which is basically diaper rash I have decided.  I seriously feel for babies with sore bottoms! Mine isn't that bad bad thankfully and I know what is going on, unlike poor infants who are just in pain. We started with a goal of 20 miles today. Keeping it light to see how my bottom was doing up to that point. So off we went, loaded up with anti-chafe cream. 

Seven miles into the morning we said adios to Virginia, and hello to North Carolina! I biked all the way across Virginia!! As we approached Oxford ready for lunch, due to our somewhat lacking breakfast another dog chase happens. I yell at Mike who is infront that 'we have a live one' we both pedal faster to try to lose the little hotdog, but that guy was fast! He just kept chasing is down he road for about 3 houses. He wasn't a real threat, I was more afraid I would run him over on the bike. He finally gave up, but it makes you wonder if that small of a dog can keep up a big dog could run circles around us!

We get to Oxford. I stop at CVS to buy diaper rash cream aka Butt Paste. All the cycling blogs I read last night raved about this stuff. And I am pretty sure this is what my sis-n-law used on my nephew's bottom. If its good enough for Joe, it's good enough for me.

And off to lunch!  I love being in the south where every restaurant has sweet tea! I look forward to it each time we stop. We met lots of friendly people while putting sunscreen on outside the restaurant or even as we bike along people waving from their yards or cars. One man was walking along the road in the other direction and yelled "I know you all will have a good time where ever you at going!"  Then we biked and biked and biked. It looked like we were headed into bad weather but thankfully it stayed ahead of us. 

Then it finally happened, 52 miles into the day, and 286 miles into the trip! I saw a sign for Dairy Queen and got a small double fudge cookie dough blizzard!  I housed that thing!  It was so good as I looked down and saw all the dirt, sweat, dead bugs and whatever else covering me. 

Back on the bikes. We finally appear infront on a Steak n Shake. I am too tired, hungry, uncomfortable to truly appreciate it. We walk in and our waiter immediately saw our need for water. I head to the bathroom to clean up and get out of my sweat soaked shorts. I changed into another pair of dirty shorts, but atleast they were dry!  And then finally food! Cherry coke, chili 5 way, and fries with cheese sauce!  Life is beginning to re enter me. Once we finish our hotel is 2.5 more miles away. We arrive, shower, and are now doing some much needed laundry. Our stuff stinks!!!!  It will be nice to have clean bike shorts!  67.5 miles logged today. Our longest day yet! 302 miles biked total (I round up) plus that 18 mile cab ride!  150 to go!  We are debating taking a day off tomorrow to enjoy my mom's home state. We shall see.