For the first 40 miles, it felt like we were flying through rolling baby hills in the perfect temperature weather. Traffic was pretty scary, especially when we learned that another cyclist had been hit last week on this same road.
We hit first lunch in no time at a stellar ice cream joint. As soon as we left, the winds picked up and it suddenly felt like we were pedaling through sand. Super frustrating and it slowed us to about half of our speed from the morning. 10 miles from 2nd lunch I fell asleep on the side of the road during a stop that was not intended to be a nap, but Borch was enjoying the time off the bike so I never woke up (for a solid 20 minutes). Woke up to the sound of a semi whizzing by and got back on the road to lunch.
After lunch, we added Dan to our rag tag group. He had spent ample time at lunch fixing his first flat of the trip, taking a nap, and journaling. On rough days recently, he's made a point to stick around to check in before heading out. Today I had the lowest expectations of him still being at lunch because of the huge gap between his group and ours. 'Twas a pleasant surprise.
10 miles out we picked up one more rider who had apparently been riding alone all day. We ended up getting to host right around 6:20 where there were tons of snacks, and where we learned showers were closing at 7. We sprinted over while the remaining groups on the road biked directly to showers and somehow everyone still got clean. Yippee.
After a great dinner of burgers and grilled corn, a few of us explored the town and found some live music and a local bar. This town was a lot more lively than we had expected for a town with 2000ish population and the motto "all the civilization you need."
Fell asleep super early so se can wake super early.
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