Day 16, July 19-Aliceville, AL (Cochrane Campground) to Linden, AL

75.63 miles. N32.18 X W87.48

We were on the road today by 7:15, after a short bite to eat in the campground. We have 70 some miles planned. Our breakfast stop according to the map was 23 miles away. After we had biked about 10 miles, we came to a small convenience store that had refrigerated sandwiches. We each bought a sandwich and something to drink. No place to sit down, so we stood around and ate our sandwiches. We moved on to the next convenience store which had much the same thing. We just bought something to drink. The next stop promised us a restaurant, and sure enough there was a restaurant, Gert’s Restaurant to be exact. Gert’s has a place to sit down, great food, a restroom, but no air conditioning…but at least we are out of the sun. We stopped 3 more times during the afternoon at convenience stores, plenty to drink and sometimes eat, but no restrooms. We decided on a motel tonight. We expected to be tired and we were…hot showers, soft bed, TV. It was a long day.

Question of the day: We have noticed that about every other tree along the roadside is a Sweet Gum. Did you know that the gum tree is a Biblical tree? The resin from this tree is used to make something precious to the people in Bible times. What is this precious substance made from the resin of the gum tree?