Day Twenty Six - Oh Dirk, where art Thou?

We got up early and rode along the beach into a gorgeous sunrise! After stopping at Denny's to slam down a grand slam breakfast, we headed to the east end of the island to catch the ferry to Port Bolivar. We spotted scores of dolphins on the ride over.

Today's blog is dedicated to Jim, Dirk, Duane and Zack, the guys that Rick bikes with every year. Dirk is a superhero and his special power is cutting through headwinds like a hot knife through butter! Once off the ferry, we fought a headwind for the next 79 miles (today's total was 82 miles). Dirk, where were you when we needed you?

Duane (whose currently looking for a new house), we found you a cute little fixer-upper right across from the beach. Sure it needs a little work, but the views are spectacular and the price has to be great! (see pic, not of the blue house) The blue house is a typical home on the island, it was amazing how high off the ground they were. The locals told us that after Hurricane Ike, the coding was 16 feet above sea level.

We stopped to make our lunch in High Island Exxon, elevation 36 feet. Once again we met several interested locals, including a cyclists named Mike. He helped us out with tomorrows route to Lake Charles, LA and even gave us a spare tire he was carrying on his bike (his company makes them). He also shared a photo of a large water moccasin that lunged at him on his ride today! Thankfully we didn't see any of them today. However we did see many interesting creatures, some living and some road kill. Living included bottle nose dolphins, tons of birds, snowy egrets, and ducks. The road kill included raccoons, snakes, brown owl, two large wild boar, and a flattened alligator!!!

We are do tired! Time to call it a day!