Day 3 - Swainsboro to Savannah, GA

Day three of PFP began with Mark's safety meeting and insightful words of encouragement!  

Thus far, most of us have already logged 175 miles, and have another 100 miles ahead of us as we started our day.  

Todays ride will take us on the outskirts of Statesboro and Brooklet, through Pooler and Savannah!

We roll out to explore the beautiful countryside of southeast Georgia!

The incredible Group B ladies!

And a pic of the entire Group B!  I have to add, we were the A group at times during the ride.  But, in the end, the speedsters pulled through and arrived at the last rest stop first. :)  

Group B with one extra rider.  Elwin joined the fun group for the final leg of the ride!

Here are just a few of my favorite sites on today's ride. It was near and dear to my heart to ride through Bullock County, home of my alma matter, the fabulous GA Southern Eagles!

A beautiful pecan grove.

What ride isn't complete without a turtle save??

This was as close to GA Southern as we rode today.  GOOOOO EAGLES!!!! 

(Fun fact, GA Southern beat the FL Gators 26-20 last November!) GOOOOO EAGLES!!!! 

Another us-y! Just goofing off waiting for the rest of the Pedaling for Pets riders before we get  escorted into Savannah. 

All smiles as we roll in for a short rest break before we tackle the last 10 miles!

Our escorted ride into Savannah was lots of fun. We rode past the train museam and several town squares where we were greeted like superstars! 

Our final destination, Savannah, GA!!!  275 miles of bike riding with so many incredible athletes and new friends!!  

One more picture from Cindy, our peloton for day 3. What an awesome group of athletes!

The final group shot. All cyclists and support team in Savannah!

Day 2 - Macon to Swainsboro, GA

Day two of PFP consisted of riding through downtown Macon, miles and miles of country side, and Wrightsville to get to our final destination in Swainsboro.  Our escorted morning ride through Macon was awesome.  The afternoon was excruciatingly hot, as we had no cloud cover.  And, on another note, the ride was very grimy as the roads were traveled on by timber trucks and farm equipment.  With every heavy vehicle that passed, you could literally see and feel the dirt coming up from the road sticking to your skin! :)

Our morning started off with an easy paced ride through Macon. We all rode together until we got outside of the city.

We rode past Mercer University:

Then, we all hit the open road at our own pace.   Several of us rode a pace line for many miles. It was great working together to conserve energy early on in the ride!

We passed lots of pine trees and luscious corn fields. And, when Cindy and I stopped for a few minutes to cool off, we made some new friends too! 

Beautiful courthouse in Wrightsville. 

Lisa and Cindy rolling right along.

It felt every bit of 103.5 degrees of parts of this ride this afternoon!

Smiles as we roll into Swainsboro!!

Poolside gathering and dinner.

Tristen feeding the stray cat at the hotel.