Update 3/19
Day #27
Today: Hico, TX, to Whitney, TX (55 miles)
Total miles: 1452
Tomorrow (plan): Kerens, TX
Sunny prepared a delicious breakfast: orange juice; sliced bananas dusted with cinnamon; eggs (fresh from their hens); sausage; a grits casserole with pepper jack cheese; light, fluffy biscuits (nothing like the hockey-puck biscuits we have had at motels that serve breakfast); and flavored coffee. Truly a gourmet meal! After loading up the tandem, we stopped by the local newspaper office for an interview Sunny had arranged, and then we went through the old downtown area before departing Hico. Another beautiful day for cycling, and more hills to be climbed on a fully-laden vintage tandem pedaled by vintage riders. Our contact in Whitney is Cliff Partney, brother of Richard Partney of McCamey. This is Spring Break, so we were wondering if we would have trouble getting a camping spot at Lake Whitney State Park. Cliff was kind enough to drive out to the State Park and make reservations, so when we arrived everybody knew we were the Californians headed to New York on a bicycle. There are lots of campers at this large, beautiful lake with excellent camping facilities. We were able to get the tent set up and the tandem secured before Cliff came out to the camp site, drove us back into town, and hosted us at the local Tres Hermanos restaurant where we had some excellent Mexican food.