stage 25

THIS WAS A VERY EXCITING STAGE FOR THE RIDERS BECAUSE AT 40 MILES WE HAD LANCE ARMSTRONG JOIN OUR GROUP. HE LIKES TO SHOW UP AND RIDE AND KEEP AWAY FROM THE CROWDS. OUR TEAM RODE INTO THE TRANSITION WITH LANCE AND THERE WAS QUITE A CROWD THEIR. A FEW WORDS WERE SAID AND THEN OFF LANCE WENT TO RIDE WITH THE NEXT GROUP. I WAS CONFINED TO THE MECHANICS CAR AND DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHAKE LANCE,S HAND.

OUR RIDE THAT DAY WAS FROM NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI TO JACKSON MISSISSIPPI.

THE ENTIRE RIDE WAS ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE.