There were flash flood warnings in our county and in the surrounding counties, but we decided to brave the rain and go for our ride anyway. Our bikes got really dirty and so did we, but we are glad we went and we will definately be riding this trail more in the future.

Here's Ken loading the bikes after our rainy 14 mile ride on the American Tobacco Rail Trail. It was really nice to not have to worry about the cars, and we didn't mind the rain at all. In fact, it felt nice!

Here we are about half way through today's 25 mile bike ride. It was TOUGH! The temp was 94.5 when we finally made it back to the boat ramp where we had parked the truck. We stopped once to jump in the lake!

Ken and our bikes at Jordan Lake

Today we did 17 miles around the Jordan Lake area. It was the best ride so far. Very little traffic and great views of both the lake and the Deep River, which is part of the Cape Fear River Basin. We also found a Railroad museum on the way and learned there is a rail trail nearby. We didn't take it today but will on a future ride.