08/05/06 - What a great ride! I woke yesterday morning and read the AccuWeather forecast of the day. It was not too encouraging. The RealFeel temperature was supposed to reach 112 degrees. There was a lot of severe thunderstorm activity at the mouth of Mobile Bay, moving in a southwesterly direction, so the storm wouldn't be an issue.
We had seven people total for the ride, Terri, Marian, Ray, David, myself, and a really nice Coast Guard couple from St. Petersburg, FL. As we got closer to the island, the headwind got more severe and the cloud cover was getting heavier. Kind of odd, considering the storm was supposed to me moving away from us.
We stopped at a store at Alabama Port and learned from the cashier that her marine radio had warnings of the storm moving from the south. We decided to turn around and head back to Mobile. On the way back, the weather kept deteriorating and when we crossed Fowl River, a large piece of sheet metal was blown off of the marina sign to the ground. We decided to take shelter until the storm passed.
The storm did not last long, so we were soon on our way. We had a stiff tail wind. Coming up Rangeline Road, I decided to go all out. I was moving at a steady 28-29 mph all the way up Rangeline. It felt great!
Back near our starting point, we thanked the Coast Guard couple for joining us and the rest of us decided to head downtown to the waterfront to try and reach our original target mileage.
65.60 miles - 16.3 avg speed - avg hr 146 bpm - max hr 173 bpm - 3,322 calories burned
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