Dayville to Fossil

Today's ride was possibly my favorite ride of the entire summer. I started out with just Joyce, but when Mike, Em, Hannah, and Dan passed us, we decided to join them instead. For the first 38 miles it felt like we were flying with a tiny bit of downhill in our favor and beautiful canyons and mountains surrounding to distract us. Regrettably, I have no pictures as we never stopped, but trust me - 'twas beautiful. 

After lunch, we lost Mike and Em, but we continued flying until mile 50, where we began an 11 mile climb I had been anticipating all day. I set a goal at the bottom to be done in an hour and fifteen minutes. When I met Dan, Hannah, and Joyce at the top one hour and fourteen minutes had passed. Though it absolutely sucked, this was my best climb since my calf decided to stop working in Bloomington. After the climb, 'twas mostly downhill the rest of the way to Fossil, which was a welcomed rest as my leg immediately resented me for pushing too hard and I failed to regret these actions. 

When we arrived to the host, some ladies at the church had provided some chips and salsa as well as watermelon and cookies that hit the spot. I chugged two bottles of water. Then, we went to take a hose shower, but decided to make it more fun by laying down a tarp for a slip and slide. It ended up being the longest I've taken yet to shower because I kept slipping and sliding and it was a blast. 

Visited town. Read a book. Had dinner in a church member's yard. Started the looking at grants process. Snuck into town to use wifi to finish some evals and such. 

All in all, a good day. We'll see if I still have legs tomorrow.