This morning, we had a 3 mile ride to the ferry landing where we boarded a small ferry that took us across Mobile Bay.  It was really fun - a beautiful sunny morning and we relaxed with each other, took lots of pics and took in the oil drilling platforms that dominate the ocean seascape.  One of our riders is a retired geologist who worked in the oil industry so she once again was able to fill in the blanks about what we were seeing.  If any of you find yourself doing a group cross country bike ride, I highly recommend bringing a few resident scientists along, as Sherry has enlightened us innumerable times about all the cool rock formations we speed by.