We rode 88 miles today in tough weather conditions. We started the day sitting in our hotel in Conway watching a downpour. The rain stopped and the storms appeared by radar to move by us, so we departed, not knowing just how far we would be able to travel.

We were again fortunate to make a full ride as the weather was overcast, 50 degrees, and windy all day. It didn’t rain again until we checked into our room here in Brinkley tonight.

The ride was a grind. We have ridden in windy conditions seemingy the entire trip from California, but this was our first day to ride into a steady head wind for 7 hours. This won’t last – eventually the weather is bound to start favoring us.

We again spent most of the day dodging dogs. I believe it is the nature of the roads we are riding – more local and less highway – the dogs are lurking about. It actually has started to be fun; it keeps us on our toes.

Our hotel, The Econolodge, does not have a lobby computer. This update was prepared on my Blackberry. Hence, my comments are brief.

Tomorrow we should enter Mississippi. We don’t know how many miles we will ride, it depends on weather and road conditions. We will just keep moving East.