Day 59 - Key West!!!!!!!

We have finished! And I am ready for it to be done. It has been a fantastic experience, but I miss my family and my work and am ready to be back.

Today got off to a bit of a hard start. We woke to a bunch of rain. The house boat was also swaying in the wind a bit. They were saying on the news this morning that Key West has received fifteen inches of rain since Saturday. Can you believe that. We were receiving much of that this morning. The thunder was enough to knock you off the bicycle seat. We didn't get going until noon trying to wait out the rain and then finally just had to go. It didn't rain for long after we left and then it was just a day battling the wind. I guess mother nature knew it was our last day of riding and wanted us to remember it. We ended up riding 55 miles. My odometer for the trip now reads 3,025.

It was quite the feeling arriving here. Everyone was pretty elated and after checking into the hotel, we all jumped into the pool in our biking cloths. I'm not sure management would have appreciated that in the sweaty condition we were in, but it felt good and we were ready to celebrate. We do have a bit of riding to do tomorrow. There is a marker on the south side of the island that designates the southern most part of the United States and we all wanted to ride there together. We were supposed to go there today, but because of the late start, we will do it together tomorrow and take a picture of the group.

We had our celebetory meal tonight. I again had sea food and key lime pie. It was nice to celebrate and we stayed out quite late just reminiscing the trip. I do think everyone in the group is ready to go home.

Sorry for the lame post on such a day, but it is late and I will write a bit more tomorrow.