Today was interesting. We had a construction detour, a five gravel road, hills, logging semi-trucks, no shoulder ~ oh, yes ~ rain with thunder. There were only six rumblings, and no lightning that we saw, but the rain lightened up so we did not stop. The good news is that the road was generally smooth (we only have 1 1/2 days left of TEXAS), and the hills were just steep enough to get us most of the way up the next hill! The bottom line is we all made it safely, and did the 70 miles with a positive outlook on the day. When asked how our ride went, we all agreed it was a GREAT day! 1,977 miles so far!