it's day 14 of cycling across the USA from Miami to LA or to raise money for the fantastic
cause get kids going today Justin's wheelchair is broken and I have a stomach bug things
are going great today's ride is from Moss Point to base Saint Louis we're getting very
very close to New Orleans where we're gonna have a rest and fix his wheelchair we'll find
a welder if we can find a TIG welder has to be a tick lover it has to be a TIG welder
you're excited for today's ride yes oh yeah yeah oh good it's getting flatter and flatter
it is and with the amount of air that's being expelled from both of us would definitely
do it faster
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another chilly one this morning puffer jackets out we are both feeling a little bit under
the weather as we said in the introduction got a stomach bug of some sort so we are taking
things super easy today we're about 90k to do it's still a fairly big day but we have
a nice big Tailwind and hopefully lovely roads down by the coast if everything goes to plan
we have something very very exciting happening tomorrow if we don't get killed by these dogs
oh my God terrifying and I do not have the strength today Justin to fight a dog did you
ever have the strength to fight a dog yeah good point no your whole plan of looking after
yourself was just to cycle away and leave me to deal with yeah brain's overthrowing
Justin brains over Broad
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foreign still feeling pretty ropey but luckily we're on a very quiet road now oh
you're right what was I saying nice quiet Road parallel to the road over there which
is like a Motorway so there's not many cars but they put a cycle Lane on the side it's
not really a cycle Lane the problem is it's completely covered in things like that giant
log that I just rode over and you can't really move in and out from it easily because you've
got these rumble strips halfway through halfway through on the edge and uh yeah Justin can't
ride over those without getting absolutely bone shaking so not ideal but better than
the motorway over there at least we got Tailwind I'm starting to feel a bit better you know
about 45k in which is um pretty good we're going to employ the tube or the tuberson or
the unbicycle cord however you want to call it and uh the Band of Brothers that's one
that we really like and we're going to get over a massive bridge that you can't actually
see and it's been a pretty eventful morning I can see it we're out front yeah Francis
can see it but uh yeah it's been a pretty eventful morning there's a few things that
we're going to have to discuss um also we got attacked by a group of puppies we really
wish that we could have filmed that but it really showed both of us
Spirits are quite High
smaller town we're now in Biloxi box office how you doing Road surface isn't quite what
we'd hoped for but uh still have a nice day so the road surface wasn't what we had hoped
for and the roads office isn't what we hoped for it isn't a surface there's no Road
20 point ton is uh now in effect but you're definitely getting stronger oh dude one hand
now
so yeah I want to get out of the road and then I'll um yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah
quick quick
this guy just beat to us and flagged us down it's like come on by the intersection or I
would have missed them I've been driving for two hours looking for him Sean Barnett you
replied to me yes I did I've been following you all and watch your videos I ride up and
down here constantly guys
never seen that before Oh my God an angel has found us that's what happened I mean lucky
that road was closed I was really lucky that road was closed two minutes earlier two minutes
later I'd have missed you and I'd have given up by the time I made it to Bay St Louis I
believe in this highway twice so just to explain what's happened a guy called Sean has picked
us up from the side of the road and we've got in his truck and now we're gonna go and
get Justin's wheelchair fixed by his friend Larry pretty much because I've Sean has been
driving around for all of yesterday no I left church I drove for about two hours up and
down 90.
Highway 90 looking for y'all and uh maybe not two hours at least between an hour and
two hours and then today yeah close to two hours do we have a razor you got a bracer
knife over there worth it I'm gonna do it I think I think I'm just gonna weld this back
and then see if I can't make some kind of a bracket [Music]
[Music] what is as strong as it was the more you weld on something the more it's fatigued
as well so go get them maybe to get you to California Los Angeles yeah it's a weak point
anyway you know and plus you you know you put so much pressure on it with your body
weight I'm lucky I got it that good I was surprised honestly I was worried a little
bit at first the way it was well but I mean it was pretty good to me
yeah that's that's his glove
yes catfish has a little bit of a muddy taste to it muddy yeah
so this has been a truly serendipitous day we have a completely repaired wheelchair thank
you so much to Larry Sean is still with us we had a fantastic lunch and now we're going
to finish the rest of today's ride over this beautiful Bridge To Bay St Louis I'll be honest
I'm a little bit lost for words because I'm not sure how all of this happened we are extremely
lucky and things like this seem to keep happening on this trip when you're even pumping up my
tires for me obviously we've got to make the most of the track pump while it's here [Music]
[Music] perfect Road what a great end to a great day amazing finally everything is well
in the world of Justin and Francis once again other than my oh yeah my wheel I smashed up
my wheel on that log earlier I'm too scared to look at it I'm just gonna ignore it and
hope it goes away
[Music] thank you so much super nice to meet you [Music]
know what's exactly easy to think a casino would be quite depressing funny how you booked
us our hotel in a casino it really is because you know not sure if I'm very fond of it to
be honest slot machine why is it all slot machines I don't understand like it's just
a slot machine a lot of stuff happened today Francis so much stuff happened today Justin
Sean genuinely drove two hours along the same stretch of road trying to find us all day
so he can help us with the wheelchair problem that is unbelievable thank you so much Sean
and thank you so much Larry for sorting us out today badass welder Larry serious serious
welding skills potentially better than it was before it was broken before and it's now
not broken so it's definitely better than it was before you're still really ill aren't
you yeah I'm still suffering to do yeah yeah but we only have one more day of riding and
then we're resting thank you everybody for watching and your continued support there
will be a link down below to the route we did today and there will be a link down below
to the donation page forget kids going a fantastic charity that looks after disabled children
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see you tomorrow
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