Memphis, TX: Yup back into Texas

Today we rode out of Oklahoma and back into Texas. My riding partners for the day were Mark and Sonia. Parts of today's ride were very flat and other parts were fairly hilly. I love being able to look back and see exactly how far you have come!!! Everything was beautiful today. Each day I realize more and more how much I love nature and that everything truly is beautiful in it's own way. Halfway to first lunch we stopped to pet some horses and I pet a cattle dog! Possibly my favorite dog of the trip so far. We also saw a HUGE spider on the side of the road. It was SO gross. Mark got a picture. We also rode through the small town of Duke, OK and it had this really cool painting on the side of one of the buildings. Small town America is surprisingly refreshing during the rides. After arriving at lunch I was surprised by Kristen!!!!! AHHHHH. I had forgotten how much I missed her until I saw her come bounding out from behind our trailer. Rolling out of lunch with Kristen and Kelly was so so nice! We hadn't all ridden our Giants together before this because Kristen was in SOuth Africa. What a moment we were having. The afternoon heated up and drug on as always in Texas. We had stopped at a shade bush, if you could even call it that, and once again my body decided vomiting would be a good idea. Dehydrated again. This is an ongoing battle for me. Kelly's mom picked me up so that I didn't have to ride in the van. Arriving at the host I was able to talk with Steph for a while and wait for everyone to get in. When Jillian arrived she had quite the story for me involving Lyndsey being an angel in white. Jillian had bonked. hard. After everyone made it in we started shuttling to showers. Pulling up to our shower destination was exactly what I had pictured Texas to be. An elderly women standing on her porch sweeping the dust off. Flowers and a rocking chair decorating the porch! After showering Kristen and I were able to talk to the home owner a little bit about small town Texas and it's history.