We left the hotel and were transported back to our end point on State Hwy 78 from yesterday. We were on the road by 7:30 AM and were promptly greeted by a 300 foot climb - that will wake you up. The day was flat when you compare it to any other day so far, but we still managed over 3,300 feet of c
limb. Some of these had grades between 6 - 8 percent. The total mileage for today was 98.5 miles. This was probably the hottest day of the ride with temperatures hitting 94 degrees. We rode past a section of the road with several waterfalls that came out of the bluffs across the river. There was no Internet at the hotel, so this entry is being written on June 24th.
When we reached our hotel, it was obvious to us that we were not going to be able
to ride the 152 miles scheduled for tomorrow. We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening discussing how to solve this issue. We decided that if we were going to make changes (which meant calling a lot of hotels and changing reservations) we better make sure we could handle the rest of the route. We decided to add four days to our ride. Two days are in the next week and two weather/rest days were added to the last two weeks of the ride. One day we will do nothing but rest. This we give our legs a chance to recharge. We made enough calls to cover the next couple nights and will make the balance of the calls tomorrow.
